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E. C. Henshaw
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UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS
Henshaw's Independent Battery, Illinois Light
Artillery
Organized at
Ottawa, Ill., and mustered in December 3, 1862. Ordered
to Kentucky and attached to District of Western Kentucky,
Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to August, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April,
1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to
October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army
Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Louisville and other points in District
of Western Kentucky till August, 1863. Operations against
and pursuit of Morgan July 2-26. Action at Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19. Paris, Ky.,
July 29 and August 1. Burnside's Campaign in East
Tennessee August 16-October 17. Duty at Loudon till
November. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23.
Actions at Huff's Ferry November 14. Lenoir Station
November 14-15. Loudon November 15. Campbell's Station November 17. Siege of
Knoxville November 17-December 5. Pursuit of Longstreet
December 7-13. At Strawberry Plains till January, 1864,
and at Mossy Creek till April. Garrison duty at Loudon,
Tenn., and other points in District of East Tennessee
till July, 1865. Mustered out July 18, 1865.
Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and 15
Enlisted men by disease. Total 19