army there, and was under his command until it reached Washington, whence it was ordered home. It arrived in Chicago, July 11, 1865, for final muster and discharge.

VAUGHN'S BATTERY.

This battery was organized at Springfield, Illinois, and mustered into the United States service August 21, 1862. The following is the original roster:

Captain, Thomas F. Vaughn; Senior 1st Lieutenant, Edward B. Stillings; Junior 1st Lieutenant, Henry D. Colby; Senior 2d Lieutenant, Charles W. Thomas; Junior 2d Lieutenant, Louis D. Rosette.

The battery was stationed at Camp Butler until November 1st, when it was ordered to the field, arriving at Bolivar, Tennessee, November 8th. December 18th, the right and left sections were ordered to Jackson, Tennessee, to join an expedition against Forrest. After an absence of five days they returned to Bolivar. June 18, 1863, the battery left Bolivar, and was stationed by sections on the line of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, one section at Moscow, one at Collinsville and one at Germantown, with headquarters at Germantown. On the 20th of August the battery was re-united, and started for Little Rock, Arkansas, participating in its capture September 10th. October 19th, one section went to Lewisburg, Arkansas, where it remained until March 15, 1864, when it rejoined the battery at Little Rock. The battery was engaged in General Steele's expedition to Camden, Arkansas, participating in the several skirmishes and battles of the expedition, doing most excellent service, repelling a charge of cavalry at midnight with a few rounds of cannister. It returned to Little Rock May 3d, where it remained until ordered to Springfield for muster out of service, June 30, 1865.

BATTERY D, FIRST ARTILLERY.

This battery was organized by Captain E. McAllister, of Plainfield, Illinois, and was among the first troops to go to the front. The following is the original roster:

Captain, Edward McAllister; Senior 1st Lieutenant, George J. Wood; Junior 1st Lieutenant, Mathew W. Borland; Senior 2d Lieutenant, Uzziel P. Smith; Junior 2d Lieutenant, Edgar H. Cooper.

Battery D was stationed at Cairo during its three months' term of service, under Colonel (now Major-General) Morgan, of the 10th Illinois infantry. At the expiration of that term, it was organized by him as a three years' battery company, and made its first campaign under General John A. McClernand. At the battle of Fort Donelson, it was first to open the contest. It took a prominent part in the battles of Pittsburg Landing and Shiloh, after which it was transferred to General John A. Logan's division, 17th Army Corps. About this time Captain McAllister resigned, in consequence of failing health. The battery was then commanded by Captain H. A. Rogers during the campaign of General Grant down the Mississippi, and back again to Memphis, then to Milliken's Bend, and round to the rear of Vicksburg, during the battles of Raymond and Champion's Hill, and up to the 29th of May in the siege of Vicksburg, when he was shot dead by a minnie ball.

Captain E. H. Cooper, formerly of Plainfield, Illinois, then commanded during the rest of the siege of Vicksburg, and in the winter of 1863-4 the battery was re-organized at Camp Fry, Chicago, as a veteran battery. Returning to the scene of war, it left Vicksburg on the 5th of April, 1864, on the campaign under Sherman through Georgia, and was in at the final capture of Atlanta. On the 22d of July, the day on which the brave and lamented McPherson fell, the battery was handled, and behaved, with a coolness and bravery unsurpassed in the history of this war. Captain Cooper never left his horse during the battle, and was everywhere where he was most needed. The battery returned to Nashville, Tennessee; was there during the last battle, and then went to Clarksville, Tennessee, where it remained until the order came for its muster out. Captain E. H. Cooper was promoted to Major of the 1st regiment Illinois artillery, February 21, 1865, and 1st Lieutenant G. P. Cunningham was promoted to Captain. Major E. H. Cooper entered the service a mere boy, as a private, without political influence, and arrived to the grade he held by his own bravery, merit and patriotism. The battery arrived in Chicago, July 20, 1865, for final muster and discharge. The following is the final roster:

Captain, E. H. Cooper; Senior 1st Lieutenant, G. P. Cunningham; Junior 1st Lieutenant, C. L. Pratt; Senior 2d Lieutenant, R. B. Brockway; Junior 2d Lieu

tenant, H. C. Powers; Quartermaster Sergeant, W. C. Muzzy; Commissary Sergeant H. Bigham; Sergeants, J. H. Ocker, B. D. Washington, G. A. Potter, H. C. Stanley, C. I. Cooper, O. K. Willard.

BATTERY I, FIRST ARTILLERY.

Battery I, better known as Bouton's Chicago Battery, was organized in Chicago, in February, 1862, with the following roster:

Captain, Edward Bouton; Senior 1st Lieutenant, Henry A. Rogers; Junior 1st Lieutenant, Albert Cudney; Senior 2d Lieutenant, William N. Lansing; Junior 2d Lieutenant, John C. Neely.

The battery was ordered first to St. Louis, and from there was embarked upon transports, and taken to Pittsburg Landing, arriving just in season to participate in the desperate battles of Shiloh, being assigned to Sherman's division, which, as is well known, bore the heaviest part in those fights. Next it was marched to Corinth, and took a prominent part in that siege. When Beauregard evacuated his position at Corinth, Battery I accompanied General Grant on his Holly Springs campaign, and from that place was ordered back, under General W. S. Smith, to Memphis, where, embarking on steamers, it was transported to Haines' Bluff, just above Vicksburg, and then marched around in the rear of Vicksburg, when, joining Sherman's army, it moved on Jackson, Mississippi, which city was surrendered after a two weeks' siege. From Jackson, Sherman's army moved back and went into camp on the banks of the Big Black, and remained until the disaster at Chickamauga, when it was transported to Memphis, and from thence made the great march to Chattanooga, over 800 miles distant, arriving just in time to assist in the capture of Mission Ridge. Shortly after this battle, Battery I, about eighty men strong, re-enlisted and returned to Chicago to recruit and recuperate.

In June, 1864, the battery, again filled to the maximum, started for the field, reporting at Nashville, where the men were all mounted, and the battery was assigned to Hatch's cavalry division. On the 15th and 16th of December, Hood made his desperate and foolhardy assaults on our works at Nashville. During these assaults, Hatch's cavalry and Battery I were posted on the extreme right, in front of Hood's left, which was intrenched on a range of hills opposite our

works, and by a brilliant and daring movment Hatch brought his forces around on to the rebel flank and rear, where, posting his artillery, and under its protection, he made one of the most successful charges of the war, resulting in the capture of four forts and their equipments of artillery, in many instances the gallant rough riders of Hatch turning the captured cannon on their late owners and raking them most fearfully. Upon Hood's retreat, the cavalry and Battery I took up the pursuit of the flying and demoralized rebel hosts, and chased them to Florence, Alabama, where they succeeded in crossing the Tennessee and making their escape. In this pursuit our forces recaptured the guns taken from Waterhouse's battery by Forrest at Guntown, Mississippi, during the disastrous raid of Sturgis.

The battery after this chase returned to Iuka, Mississippi, and encamped till the 1st of July, 1863, when it was ordered to Chicago to be mustered out of the service.

Battery I never, during its four years' service, lost a gun or a caisson. By casualties in action and sickness contracted while in the line of duty, it lost in the aggregate 150 men. It was twice recruited up to the maximum strength. It returned with 130 men and five officers. The following is the final roster of the battery:

Captain, John E. Seeley; Senior 1st Lieutenant, Joseph A. McCartney; Junior 1st Lieutenant, E. S. Russell; Senior 2d Lieutenant, Stephen Bennett; Junior 2a Lieutenant, Henry Part; Orderly Sergeant, Geo. W. Williams; Quartermaster Sergeant, Josiah Hershner.

BATTERY K, FIRST ARTILLERY.

This battery-well known as "Colvin's Battery "-was organized at Shawneetown, and was mustered into service January 9, 1862, with the following roster:

Captain, Angrean Franklin; Senior 1st Lieutenant, Jason B. Smith; Junior 1st Lieutenant, Joseph P. Shelton; Senior 2d Lieutenant, William O. Stephenson ; Junior 2d Lieutenant, James G. Helm.

The first year of the service of this battery was spent in chasing guerrillas through Kentucky, chiefly in and about Perryville. It was then ordered to Louisville, and remained there to protect the city until Burnside's Tennessee expedition was fitted out. Of that expe

dition it formed a part, participating in all its arduous service in connection with the 1st cavalry division of that army, to which it had been attached. It was the first battery in East Tennessee, and was foremost in the capture of Knoxville. During its service in Tennessee, it was attached to the brigade of which the 14th Illinois cavalry formed a part, and the history of which will be found in the preceding chapter. A part of the men were mustered out of the service at Springfield, in June, 1865, and the remainder at Chicago in the month following.

BATTERY M, FIRST ARTILLERY.

Battery M was organized at Chicago, and mustered into service on the 12th of August, 1862, with the following roster:

Captain, John B. Miller; Senior 1st Lieutenant, Geo. W. Spencer; Junior 1st Lieutenant, John H. Colvin; Senior 2d Lieutenant, Thomas Burton; Junior 2d Lieutenant, B. H. Fluskey.

The battery left Chicago, on the 27th of September, 1862, with 185 men. It went through all the Atlanta campaign under Sherman, and through the whole of the Knoxville and East Tennessee campaigns, with remarkably little loss when its gallantry and exposure are taken into account. It arrived in Chicago on the 19th of July, 1865, for final muster and discharge, with only ninety-six men. following is the muster-out roster:

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Captain, G. W. Spencer; Senior 1st Lieutenant, Thomas Burton; Junior 1st Lieutenant, B. H. Fluskey; Senior 2d Lieutenant, W. J. Murphy; Junior 2d Lieutenant, E. C. Gillette.

SECOND ILLINOIS ARTILLERY.

In a previous chapter we have given the regimental staff of the 1st regiment of artillery. The following is that of the 2d:

Colonel, Thomas S Mather; Lieutenant-Colonel, William L. Duff; Major, Charles J. Stolbrand; Adjutant, Isaac N. Higgins; Quartermaster, John Pyatt; Surgeon, Hezekiah Williams; 1st Assistant Surgeon, Giles P. Ransom; Chaplain, William M. Reynolds.

The history of an artillery regiment is necessarily a collection of the records of its various companies, each of which has a separate