Battery K, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery K, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery K, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	Battery K served at the Siege of Vicksburg. A cannon from Vicksburg National Military Park is shown.
Active	31 Dec. 1861 – 14 July 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Engagements	American Civil War Central Mississippi campaign (1862); Siege of Vicksburg (1863); Jackson Expedition (1863); Battle of Egypt Station (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Benjamin F. Rodgers; Thomas C. Barber

Battery K, 2nd 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 December 1861 at Springfield, Illinois. The unit performed occupation duties until November 1862 when it participated in Ulysses S. Grant's Central Mississippi campaign. The battery served during the Siege of Vicksburg and Jackson Expedition in 1863. For the remainder of the war, the unit was assigned more occupation duties before being mustered out in July 1865.

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