13th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery

Artillery

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 battery

Artillery battery

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on February 22, 1862.

The battery served unassigned in Kentucky, Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863.-History:...

, to September 1862. Artillery, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. Garrison Artillery, Gallatin, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to January 1865. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to July 1865.

The 13th Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 10, 1865.

Detailed service

Left Indiana for Louisville, Ky., February 23, 1862. Served as cavalry in Kentucky from February 1862 to January 1863. Skirmish at Monterey, Owen County, Ky., June 11. Operations against Morgan July 4–28. Paris, Ky., July 19. Siege of Munfordville September 14–17. Frankfort October 9. Hartsville, Tenn., December 7. Garrison Fort Thomas, Gallatin, Tenn., January 1863 to January 1865, and garrison duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until July 1865.

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 26 men during service; 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 19 enlisted men died of disease.

See also

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments
• Indiana in the Civil War