, 1864-07-22
OUR RETURNING. BATTERIES,
Companies 4 and B Chleago Light .r.iller,-
Coming aeme-Reeeption at Sprlug.
feld-History Of their
Achievements,

Our brave Chicago boys are On their vay home
60 tllls cis5, to which they have ever done shpnp
honor. How they were yesterday received at the
state Capital special telegraphfe correspo ,deucA
advises us as followe:
batteries A, Capt. Wood, and B, Capt. Rumsey.
lst Regiment II! nols Li:ht ARTILLERY. were VEL.
coined home to-day by his Exce!lency, Gov. Yates.
The reception took place at the Soldiers Home,
where sunptuoue dinner was::scryed to them by
NE ladies' OF the Loyal League OF Springfield.
Ioese batteries were the first artillery furnished
bY Illinois to the National army, and formed part
ofthe command Of Brig: Gen. Swift, fitted ont at
1861, and which took possession Of aod
errap!ked snd commsnded Batter, 4. aud a. u .clps'
Err Iasler ha5tery B. during the three months
eolLpaMes paid glowing tribute to the ef1-
cheney Of the officers, who have led these famoos
eompsnies IN ,he brilliant campaigns In the South
1s6l, at Cairo, under Gen. Grant, aud took pos.
session H Of Fsd1cah on the 4th of September, with
the 9Th md 18th regiments Of Illinois infantry. In
the campaign ngaiuet Forts Heory and D D,nelson
d,sien aTsss4ead Tssy ast took Gegsss 5essss
eop on be Of a Eff Gf h9snsR Rposs hssa
Fort DoDe1sou, and were sicnallY successful In
checking nasses Of the enemy thrown upon Gen,
AtClernand's division. After the battle OF Fort
IL.
Nalncee ciyition, and cred the f1eht at Shiloh
On Sunday mornlng g With % men and horses, and
lost that dag 80 r.cn and Is horses. They were so
Morday men and horses 10 work three guns. They
were III the th1ckcst OF the battle on these eyenl1
days, a1d Won the admiratton Of the entire army.
evacuation moved to Memphis, md were @ J assigned
1oGcn- sherman'e command, and added to the1r
banner .he memories Of Chtckasaw Bayou, Ark H.
to araad Gu CHAMPION and rbomp. H5on1o
sons nnls, and the flece Of Vfcksburg. DarIag
which this battery served ten and sometimes
1Wys g99Sh II Asr isa The The tall 9t yeksepsg hey
The memorable march OF Shermans army from
Memphis TO Chattanooga, and were the frat bat-
tery 10 Tose the Tennessee before the pontoons
were completed, and were hotly ENGAGED at the
battle Of Mission Ridge. To 1his tune from No
yeWbeE, 1sdS, they were part OF the I'd divis1on
1s6 AFmy GSoF e1mmsnded By B5G ea Nor
IN all movements and battles Of The Army OF
The Tennessee, including Resaca, Dallas aod
leader. Major Geneisi JOIN ae l. Logan, Log 'ss ap to
hnd crossed the cbattahoochee Rivef. where, IL
or shining deeds. these brave Chlcagcans closed |
heir term Of service The present roster or the |
Il, 4 sna;
r Lertcnspt. Ct n George Mccoy; ID Lieutenant,
Battery WAS orsari=ed under the ten regiment
ILL Of the extraordinary session Of the illinois
legislature, May 18th. 1851. and moved from Chi.
40 under Captain (now colonel) Ezra Taylor, to
s@ 1S aaa rSh no the
stb, s,., 1ssl. They performed eiaasiens
,p u ,bs2 at' sa,9Es weSa st. R
aiesouri. Oct: q, 1eG1. The bogs did honor to
be dr1.l, md flne organizing qualities Of Captain
Iaylos , g. tsas asht and were put up the from,
'embef they vent n with ak guns, and broneht
Way eight whipped the rebel arllleFy handsomely,
nd nd we're TIE only battery IN the eneasement on
he campaign against Henry and Donelson. aud
haired E1orinusly IN the movements against the
:nems,s works. Here they were attached to Gen.
tSey s9a Sh
mans diYieion, mud on tie 9Th and III Of Aural |
performed deede Of ralor whichseaied.eyerr nam a |
ZERO and az gaxe he illinois artillery Il hteh post
nan T. bis irft stack upon upon The. he sosts spdis
pes 81 1sa. vSy Biyqa near Vsksseu
,ost, January lith. 1864, Champion Hills, May
9Th, Siege Of Vicksbn5g, &C.. &e From vieks-
7 ?%95E thsy next eng engaged in the sklrmlshes at Ne.
Ine 18th q sherman's raid to ruscambIa, Ala:
)ct, 1e6s thence moved with Sherman to Ch1tta,,
,ooca, and In that heht Of the aath and s5th Of
aSos: thence 70 he relief Of
sesaca, Geo, Msy a3th to 15th; Ds;las, May a6lh
Q 3lst; kenesaw Mountain, June; and at Mil
Grove. July 4th. Thence 10 the chattahoochee
tvGr, Georgia, where they e8w our army safely
croes, and moving forward until The 1ath, When
hey turhed Their footsteps homeward, after |
biTty-ninc months OF hard service uu-
walled III point of Discipline
knl and personal gaAsntry by any artillery corps
Ape1ica. Il il gratifying TACT that both com
'anes are still represented in the feld and ut the
'eIy ftoLt Of SheTman's victorious hosts. The
'etcsens and recsts enlisted In 81, IS aid "a Of
10Th batteries, have been consolidated. and vii
,e e knoWn u hereafter a. Battery n" aud the
sew ,erganlzation. The demeanor Of these yet.
IAN heroes Is in the highest senee creditable 10
n volunteer service during their stay In this cry
III the steady adhe renee to discipline which az,
ineuithed them in tbs field has been observed aud
very man is an emb odiment Of the sterling pat.
tot1c, 1iherty-loving city Of Chicaeo. They viii
cave for ChfcaCQ tQ.uQlIQT night