21st Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery

21st Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
Active	September 9, 1862 to June 26, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Tullahoma Campaign Chickamauga Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Chattanooga Campaign Battle of Nashville

21st 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 September 9, 1862 for a three year enlistment under the command of Captain William W. Andrew.

The battery was attached to 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, October 1862. Unassigned, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to December 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to February 1863. Crook's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1864. Garrison Artillery, Columbia, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to November 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1865. 2nd Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1865.

The 21st Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on June 26, 1865.

Detailed service

Left Indiana for Covington, Ky., September 9. Duty at Lexington, Richmond, Danville, and Louisville, Ky., until February 2, 1863. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., February 2; then moved to Carthage, Tenn., and duty there until June. Moved to Murfreesboro June 3. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24–26. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Catlett's Gap, Pigeon Mountain, September 15–18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19–21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Battles of Chattanooga November 23–25. Duty at Chattanooga until March 26, 1864, and at Columbia, Tenn., until November 24. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 24. Battle of Nashville December 15–16. Garrison duty at Nashville until June 1865.

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 28 men during service; 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 24 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

Captain William W. Andrew
Captain A. Piatt Andrew
Lieutenant William E. Chess - commanded during the Chattanooga Campaign

Indiana Military Units in the Civil War

Heavy Artillery	1st Regiment

Light Artillery	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment 14th Regiment 15th Regiment 16th Regiment 17th Regiment 18th Regiment 19th Regiment 20th Regiment 21st Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Regiment 26th Regiment

Cavalry	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment Stewart's Company Bracken's Company Mounted Scouts (Independent Company)

Infantry (3 Month Enlistments)	6th Regiment) 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 54th Regiment

Infantry (1 Year Enlistments)	12th Regiment 16th Regiment

Infantry	6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment 14th Regiment 15th Regiment 16th Regiment 17th Regiment 18th Regiment 19th Regiment 20th Regiment 21st Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Regiment 26th Regiment 27th Regiment 28th Regiment 29th Regiment 30th Regiment 31st Regiment 32nd Regiment 33rd Regiment 34th Regiment 35th Regiment 36th Regiment 37th Regiment 38th Regiment 39th Regiment 40th Regiment 41st Regiment 42nd Regiment 43rd Regiment 44th Regiment 45th Regiment 46th Regiment 47th Regiment 48th Regiment 49th Regiment 50th Regiment 51st Regiment 52nd Regiment 53rd Regiment 54th Regiment 55th Regiment 56th Regiment 57th Regiment 58th Regiment 59th Regiment 60th Regiment 61st Regiment 62nd Regiment 63rd Regiment 64th Regiment 65th Regiment 66th Regiment 67th Regiment 68th Regiment 69th Regiment 70th Regiment 71st Regiment 72nd Regiment 73rd Regiment 74th Regiment 75th Regiment 76th Regiment 77th Regiment 78th Regiment 79th Regiment 80th Regiment 81st Regiment 82nd Regiment 83rd Regiment 84th Regiment 85th Regiment 86th Regiment 87th Regiment 88th Regiment 89th Regiment 90th Regiment 91st Regiment 92nd Regiment 93rd Regiment 94th Regiment 95th Regiment 96th Regiment 97th Regiment 98th Regiment 99th Regiment 100th Regiment 101st Regiment 102nd Regiment 103rd Regiment 104th Regiment 105th Regiment 106th Regiment 107th Regiment 108th Regiment 109th Regiment 110th Regiment 111th Regiment 112th Regiment 113th Regiment 114th Regiment 115th Regiment 116th Regiment 117th Regiment 118th Regiment 119th Regiment 120th Regiment 121st Regiment 122nd Regiment 123rd Regiment 124th Regiment 125th Regiment 126th Regiment 127th Regiment 128th Regiment 129th Regiment 130th Regiment 131st Regiment 132nd Regiment 133rd Regiment 134th Regiment 135th Regiment 136th Regiment 137th Regiment 138th Regiment 139th Regiment 140th Regiment 141st Regiment 142nd Regiment 143rd Regiment 144th Regiment 145th Regiment 146th Regiment 147th Regiment 148th Regiment 149th Regiment 150th Regiment 151st Regiment 152nd Regiment 153rd Regiment 154th Regiment 155th Regiment 156th Regiment 157th Regiment 158th Regiment 159th Regiment

See also: Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State and List of Indiana Civil War regiments

Indiana in the American Civil War

People	William A. Bowles Jesse D. Bright Ambrose Burnside Harrison H. Dodd Alvin P. Hovey Andrew Humphreys Lambdin P. Milligan Oliver P. Morton Francis A. Shoup Lew Wallace Indiana regiments

Places	Camp Joe Holt Camp Morton Jefferson General Hospital Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot Military Park New Albany National Cemetery

Battles Raids	Battle of Corydon Battle of Pogue's Run Hines' Raid Morgan's Raid Newburgh Raid

See also: Indianapolis in the American Civil War

References

Andrew, Abram Piatt. Some Civil War Letters of A. Piatt Andrew (Gloucester, MA: Privately printed), 1925.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

Attribution

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.

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