Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery

Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery
Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery
	Colvin's Battery was engaged at Mossy Creek.
Active	6 Oct. 1863 – 23 Mar. 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Engagements	American Civil War Knoxville campaign (1863); Battle of Walker's Ford (1863); Battle of Mossy Creek (1863); Battle of Dandridge (1864); Wheeler's East Tennessee Raid (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	John H. Colvin

Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized in October 1863 and served in the Knoxville campaign. The battery campaigned in eastern Tennessee in January 1864 then garrisoned Knoxville for over a year. In March 1865, the unit was re-designed Battery K, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment.

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