BATTERY G,

2nd ILLINOIS LIGHT ARTILLERY

EXCERPTS FROM THE

OFFICIAL RECORDS*

(*War of the  Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies)

Through Cornell University's "Making of America" project, numerous volumes of the War of the Rebellion: The Offical Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - more commonly known simply as the Official Records or O.R.'s- are now available online!

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VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN
Spring, 1863
(O.R. Series I, Vol. 24, part II)
Report of Capt. Tresilian, Third Division engineer, about troop movements in late April - including Battery G submerging a bridge. A hint of events to come?

Sinking of the Steamer Horizon
(O.R. Series I, Vol. 24, part I)
Report of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan regarding the crossing at Bruinsburg and, on the second page of his report, the sinking of the Horizon.
Maj. Gen. James M. McPherson's report, about the same events.

(Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Series I, Vol. 24)
An accident waiting to happen? Repairs of the Horizon, on April 25.
Abstract of the log of the U.S. gunboat Tuscumbia, April 26 through May 1 makes several mentions of the Horizon.
Abstract of the log of the U.S. gunboat Benton, April 29 through May 2 mentions both the Horizon and Moderator.

Salvage operations
(Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Series I, Vol. 25)
Three reports concerning salvage operations, some quite detailed, written in late May by Lt. Comdr. E.K. Owen, commander of the U.S.S. Louisville.
Brief mention of the U.S.S. Louisville's attempt to retrieve the fieldpieces, as reported by Commander Woodworth of the U.S.S. General Price.
Letter from Capt. Pierce to Rear-Admiral Porter, July 28, 1863, about investigating the wreck.

Vicksburg Siege

Autumn, 1863
 
 

BATTLE OF NASHVILLE
(O.R., Series I, Vol. XLV, part I)

Table of Organization - Battery G part of Col. Edward H. Wolfe's Third Brigade, Second Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee under the command of Major General A.J. Smith.
Return of Casualties in the U.S. Forces - One man wounded in Battery G.
Report of Col. Edward H. Wolfe, commanding Third Brigade, Second Division. (The third page of his report makes specific mention Battery G and the distinguished actions of Cpl. Samuel J. Churchill, for which he was later awarded the Medal of Honor.)
Report of Capt. John W. Lowell, commanding Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, and acting chief of artillery for Second Division.
Report of Col. Phineas Pease, 49th Illinois Infantry, positioned near Battery G.
Report of Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard, commanding Second Division. Numerous mentions of Battery G and other artillery throughout his report.
Report of Lieut. Thomas J. Ginn, 3rd Battery Indiana Light Artillery, positioned near Battery G.
 
 
 
 

This page last updated on: April 5, 2001.

Created: March 9, 2001.