, 1865-06-30

left In June for Memphis, where 1t lay thr.e
weeks and then went to Birds Point aerosa the
e't ou the ss,h & oc.ober. 7he battery t6en went
With Grant to Belmont on the 1th or November,
Witd WIFI esEht. eampl: :uly demo lining The 1eb:l bat
ieiy. Thas wss sharp fight. and the boys cover
ed tht mselves With glory. Tnen 1t Dnntl.on+ ~
de Il txi5<me r. liz ii, fighting with !casee an inter
mlsslon for thtte days. The day hetore the b4tlle
of Shiloh It YES transferred 10 sherman's dlvt.
tseh &c rsht sd !. III he sere oi Golnn aea was
foutd It LaGsange md Holly Springs, and brought
" Y syp T G3ek,sas sas'qa1 Bs7ou on A a.
HI's snd Mechapiesburg, al atte.ted their vAor,
snd At Richmond, Louisiana, taey len the'r Ha.k.
Then We nna them %oling 70 asuphl:;, thence e. C.
speeding 10 Tcllicoe Pl.ns 10 the relief OF Burn
side, ard again to Chattanooga, secdlng their
guns down the river to Bridgeport and moving to
ter af.er which they stsrted out sgain With sher
man on his Atlanta caupalgu, 1saTing about. the
nret Of Nay. The battery was al through those
highly complmented by Gen. Logan for ita action
at the latter place. It was afterwards at Eeneasw,
and bes1dcs look ps,t In n.ny other minor en-
eaeem:nts Of which We h2ve now no record at
hand. On The 18th Of July, 1s8a, It wss ordered
back 10 Springfield, that The men might be mus-
tered out Of keIy1ee. ..e
ter rolls, anu lost about sixteen by deaths. At
Belmont the aoss was I've wounded, OF whom one
WEE permanently disabled and ONO died: At Don
elson, one killed and Ave wounded. At Shiloh,
two ntn Killed and eight wousded. Al Chieka-
taw Bayou, two men wonnccd. Al Vlcksbusg,
three men Killed aud four wounded. Al Dallas,
one. There have been twenty four promotions IN
the BatteEy, two into the artillery Of the regular
army.
CAntstn-ExrA TnFTcf.
Senior F1r.t Laeutenant-Samue1 E. Barrett.
Junior First 1Ieuter rant-LeytW Hart.
fepior Second lieuteu8nt-P, Il. White.
Junior Second Lieutensnt-L r. RumseJ.
Cspt. Taylor was promoted to Majority, and
afterwards 70 = colonsiey, and to he posi,tcn Of
oe's eee .! BaTse BfFS r. q sdo s
ind CHEF of Artillery, ID division. Hart vas
msde Captain ot Battery 7. ts.lvstsp.sre's cid
ego Mercantile Battery; be vs. e'ptured At Red
River while cutting his carriages u Pte:e. to prs
rent the Rubs fion being carried od h5 The enc:
Ell Bsst9 "a IT, ~ cSsf Ct a1iesy ds
Wss ' pronoted IL April, isSl, from Sergeant. 70
isa iseIGi I'm dissety. + H. B.sde IN sspss@.
bes, 1861, WIS p,omoted 1ro@ q Orderly Ser
sstet =. 70 d b Of SsRSs 't II ! Lsqsss s
william ". Lovrie was nsde Junlot
First Lieutenant sIter the siege Of VleksbueR, and
VI Mccoy TO es Senior sesond, asn G ,GssEgf l.
L
Tbs Inst named four ofhcers we1e mustered out
with the Battery, July 36tb, Gt.
Old Battery Welt through eighteen battles,
sud was always IN the front-never In the rear.
TUE PnKsEsr coNrANI.
The consolidation was named "Battery A. be-
ing the first letter In the regiment Of Illinois
Light Artillery; and commanded temporarily by
| Csptain Ssnuel s. .Smythe-14euteuan OF Battery
l. He WIS taken pg1eone1 Oh the e9d OF Februsry
| IN front Of Atsnt1. Ideutensut Rohb, there as
eisting him, waf killed. The battery lost 80 men
Killed, Jed and taken prisoners. Amer this,
K. r. Wilcox, ol Battery 3, waa assigned AZ Flrsl
| ldeutetant, aud Henry Roberts, Of Battery a,
| Enoch Colby and june. Dutch were assigned q
| the remaining Lteuteran.s. ueptenlnt VIII
| ecx WIS soon Afterwards Captain. arc
the othets promoted In order, Spencer S. klmbsl
! being promoted 10 Junior Flint Lieutenant. Tht
battery participated In the baanee Of ihe Atiant'
campaign, snd TIE chsso e Mooa FEE r., s3,snt
Tho bate y vas left with General 1hom,s. t.ktnf
part in NJ fight except AZ Nashville with liood
The company numbered 13o men On being eonsol
ita.ed, ard now has OF the muster roll -
having tecu ht1led up ftom other companies Il
the full compliment.
TO ARRIVE.
The sih Michigan Regiment, Volunteer Carnl
~, Colonel hickman commanding, was expected
to arrive In the city last evening ria the Chicago
Butlinetou and Quincy Railroad, IN route for De
ttpis, but up TO 1ats hour IN the night 1t 1hIet
/ TO mskc an appearance.
The III Regimeet WiseonsIn Heavy Artillery
numbering LEO men, leit Washington IN roui
for hCme On TuescAy. The regiment u command
ID byColorcl Me:efycy. II WAS expected to b
IN Chicago last evening, but did not arrive.