Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	14-pounder James rifle at Vicksburg National Military Park
Active	10 Feb. 1862 – 26 July 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Equipment	4 x 14-pounder James rifles
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh (1862); Siege of Corinth (1862); Siege of Vicksburg (1863); Jackson Expedition (1863); Battle of Missionary Ridge (1863); Knoxville campaign (1863); Battle of Franklin (1864); Battle of Nashville (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Edward Bouton

Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized in February 1862 at Chicago and within two months it fought at Shiloh. Later, the battery served at Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Knoxville, Franklin, and Nashville. The battery mustered out of Federal service in July 1865.

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