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- BATTERY F
Battery F was organized at Cape Girardeau, Mo., by Captain John W. Powell, and was mustered in December 11, 1861.
On March 14, 1862, moved to Pittsburg Landing, with six 6-pdr. guns, and was assigned to Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace's Brigade, Sixth Division.
On the morning of April 6, engaged the enemy near Shiloh Church. Lieutenant Bliss was injured at 9 A.M. by falling from his horse; Captain Powell lost an arm at 3 P.M., and the Battery fired its last shot at 6 P.M., having lost 2 guns and 27 horses.
Engaged in the siege of Corinth, June, 1862. One section, Lieutenant J.W. Mitchell commanding, was engaged in the battle of Corinth. October 3rd and 4th, 1862.
The Battery was engaged in the siege of Vicksburg: in a scout from Natchez to Liberty, La., in the Meridian Campaign; one section in the fight on the Hatchie.
Moved with Fourth Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, via Cairo, to Clifton, Tenn. Marched thence to Allatoona, GA. [He became ill on this march when near Huntsville, AL]
The Battery was engaged at Kenesaw Mountain. Was heavily engaged July 22, before Atlanta, losing 1 Lieutenant and 32 men, killed, wounded and missing. Engaged during the siege of Atlanta and Jonesboro, and was in the fight at Nashville, Tenn., December 15th and 16th, 1864.
Was in the Fourth Division, Seventeenth Corps, from the organization of that Division.
Ordered to Springfield for muster-out, July 9, 1865, and was mustered out July 27, 1865.
from: https://civilwar.illinoisgenweb.org/civilwar/history/a-002-lt.html
- Civil War Union Pension application:
Name Frederick Pott
Beneficiary's Name Hannah F S Pott
Event Type Pension
Event Date 1864
Affiliate Publication Number T288
Affiliate Publication Title General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Service: Battery F, 2 nd Illinois Lignt Artillary
See https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Battery_F,_2nd_Illinois_Light_Artillery_Regiment
- On 28 April 1864, Battery F left Vicksburg and traveled up the Mississippi River to Cairo. From there, the battery moved first to Clifton, Tennessee, then to Huntsville and Decatur, Alabama, and finally to Rome and Acworth, Georgia, which it reached on 8 June. From that date until 8 September, the unit took part in the Atlanta campaign. Battery F fought at the Battle of Marietta starting on 10 June and the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on 27 June. There was more action at Nickjack Creek on 2–5 July, at the Chattahoochee River on 6–17 July, and at Bald Hill on 20–21 July.
fron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_F%2C_2nd_Illinois_Light_Artillery_Regiment#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer19081041-1
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1815 - 1864 (48 years)
