Organized at St. Louis, Mo., July 12,1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, District of West Tennessee, to March, 1862. Artillery 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. Artillery 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to June, 1862. Artillery 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to August, 1862.

SERVICE.--Dug Springs, Mo., August 2, 1861. At Sulphur Springs, Mo., August. Ordered to Cape Girardeau, Mo., August 25. Duty there and in Missouri to February, 1862. Ordered to join Army of the Tennessee. Expedition to Purdy and operations about Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Paris March 11. Battle of Shlloh April 6-7. Paris April 10. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Expedition to Ripley June 27-July 1. At Camp Clear Creek till August 15. Assigned to 1st MissourI Light Artillery as Battery "I," August, 1862. For further service see that Battery.

Source of Data: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, c1908, p.1319

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