Chicago Board of Trade Independent Battery Light Artillery

Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Active April 21, 1861 - June 18, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Artillery
Engagements Battle of Stones River
Battle of Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Nashville

The Chicago Board of Trade Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The Chicago Board of Trade Battery was mustered into service at Chicago, Illinois, on August 1, 1862.

In March 1863, the battery changed from mounted field artillery to flying horse artillery, the only battery of flying artillery in the Union Western armies.[1]

The battery was mustered out on June 30, 1865, in Chicago.

Total strength and casualties

The battery suffered relatively light casualties during its term of service, including 10 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 9 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 19 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

  • Captain James H. Stokes - mustered out August 22, 1864, upon expiration of his term of enlistment.
  • Captain George I. Robinson - Mustered out with the battery following the war.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilart2.htm#chicago The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  2. ↑ Dyer, 1959.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-04-20. Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

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