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Illinois 1st Volunteer Light Artillery (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:16 July 1861
  • Muster Out Date:6 July 1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Absalom Baird
    • Brigadier General David Stuart
    • Brigadier General Edward Hatch
    • Brigadier General John A. Logan
    • Brigadier General John A. McClernand
    • Brigadier General Morgan L. Smith
    • Brigadier General Morgan L. SmithBG Joseph A. J. Lightburn
    • Brigadier General William B. Hazen
    • Captain Edward McAllister
    • Captain Ezra Taylor
    • Captain Frances DeGress
    • Captain Francis DeGress
    • Captain Henry A. Rogers
    • Captain Mark H. Prescott
    • Captain Peter P. Wood
    • Colonel Datus E. Coon
    • Colonel Luther Prentice Bradley
    • Colonel Nathan H. Walworth
    • Colonel William H. L. Wallace
    • Colonel William P. Reid
    • Lieutenant Joseph A. McCarthey
    • Major General Francis Preston Blair Jr.
    • Major General John A. McClernand
    • Major General Philip Sheridan
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Shiloh6 Apr 18627 Apr 18621 day(s)Hardin County, Tennessee
Bentonville19 Mar 186521 Mar 18652 day(s)Bentonville, North Carolina
Siege of Corinth29 Apr 186230 May 186231 day(s)Corinth, Mississippi
Champion Hill16 May 186316 May 1863< 1 dayHinds County, Mississippi
Chickamauga19 Sept 186320 Sept 18631 day(s)Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
Nashville15 Dec 186416 Dec 18641 day(s)Nashville, Tennessee
Fort Donelson11 Feb 186216 Feb 18625 day(s)Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Vicksburg18 May 18634 July 186347 day(s)Vicksburg, Mississippi
Jonesborough31 Aug 18641 Sept 18641 day(s)Clayton County, Georgia
Arkansas Post9 Jan 186311 Jan 18632 day(s)Arkansas Post, Arkansas
Raymond12 May 186312 May 1863< 1 dayHinds County, Mississippi
Dallas27 May 18644 June 18648 day(s)Paulding County, Georgia
Atlanta22 July 186422 July 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Peachtree Creek20 July 186420 July 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia

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