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23rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered in November 8, 1862, for a three-year enlistment.

The battery was attached to the District of Louisville, Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to September 1863. Artillery, Wilcox's Left Wing forces, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to January 1864. District of the Clinch, Department of Ohio, to April 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to August 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February 1865, and Department of North Carolina to June 1865.

The 23rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 2, 1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.

Detailed service timeline

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 19 men during service; 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 17 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

  • Lieutenant Aaron A. Wilber - commanded at the battle of Nashville

See also

References

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Attribution
  • Public Domain This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.