Battery K, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery K, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery K, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	Battery K formed at Shawneetown, Illinois. The 1857 Shawneetown Court House (shown) was razed when the town relocated after the Great Flood of 1937.
Active	9 Jan. 1862 – 10 Dec. 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Equipment	2-pounder Woodruff gun
Engagements	American Civil War Grierson's Raid (1863); Battle of Plains Store (1863); Siege of Port Hudson (1863); Battle of Okolona (1864); Battle of Tupelo (1864); Battle of Spring Hill (1864); Battle of Franklin (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Jason B. Smith

Battery K, 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 January 1862 at Shawneetown and spent most of 1862–1863 on guard duty in western Kentucky. However, part of the battery participated in Grierson's Raid and the Siege of Port Hudson in 1863. The battery fought at Okolona, Tupelo, Spring Hill, and Franklin in 1864. The battery mustered out of Federal service in December 1864; new recruits and re-enlisted veterans transferred to Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment.

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