Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	Federal cannon at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Active	12 Aug. 1862 – 24 July 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Engagements	American Civil War Tullahoma campaign (1863); Battle of Chickamauga (1863); Battle of Missionary Ridge (1863); Knoxville campaign (1863); Atlanta campaign (1864); Battle of Rocky Face Ridge (1864); Battle of Resaca (1864); Battle of New Hope Church (1864); Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (1864); Battle of Peachtree Creek (1864); Battle of Jonesborough (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	John B. Miller; George W. Spencer

Battery M, 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 August 1862 at Chicago and was on duty in Kentucky until January 1863. The battery served in the Tullahoma campaign, at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and in the Knoxville, and Atlanta campaigns. Thereafter, the unit garrisoned Chattanooga, Tennessee until it was mustered out in July 1865.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.