2nd Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery 2nd Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The battery was organized at Indianapolis , Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 9 , 1861 under the command of Captain John W . Rabb . The battery was attached to Fremont ' s Army of the West to November 1861 . District of Fort Scott , Kansas , Department of Kansas , to June 1862 . Solomon ' s 3rd Brigade , Department of Kansas , to October 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Frontier , to January 1863 . Springfield , Missouri , Department of the Missouri , to July 1863 . District of the Frontier , Department of the Missouri , to December 1863 . 2nd Brigade , District of the Frontier , to January 1864 . 2nd Brigade , District of the Frontier , VII Corps , Department of Arkansas , to September 1864 . Indianapolis , Indiana , to October 1864 . Post and District of Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to February 1865 . Garrison artillery , Murfreesboro , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to July 1865 . The 2nd Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 3 , 1865 in Indianapolis . Detailed service . Left Indiana for St . Louis , Mo . , September 5 , 1861 . Camp at St . Louis , Mo . , September 6 – 25 , 1861 . Fremont ' s advance on Springfield , Mo . , October 4 - November 2 . Moved to Fort Leavenworth , Kansas ; then to Fort Scott , Kansas , and duty there until May 1862 . Moved to Iola , Kansas , May 23 . Expedition into Indian Territory May 25 - July 8 . Action at Round Grove , Indian Territory , June 5 . Capture of Fort Gibson July 18 . Blount ' s Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas September to December . Old Fort Wayne , or Beattie ' s Prairie , near Maysville , October 22 . Between Fayetteville and Cane Hill November 9 . Cane Hill , Boston Mountains , November 28 . Capture of Fort Davis Dec . Battle of Prairie Grove December 7 . Moved to Springfield , Mo . , January 1863 , and duty there until June 1863 . Operations in Indian Territory and Arkansas July to September . Action at Perryville , Cherokee Nation , August 26 . Cotton Gap , Devil ' s Backbone , Fort Smith September 1 . Dardanelle September 9 . Creek Agency , Indian Territory , October 15 and 25 . Duty at Waldron and Fort Smith and operations in western Arkansas until March 1864 . Scout from Waldron to Mt . Ida , Caddo Gap , and Dallas December 2 – 7 , 1863 . Niobrara December 4 , 1863 . Steele ' s Expedition to Camden March 23 - May 3 , 1864 . Prairie D ' Ann April 9 – 12 . Moscow April 13 . Camden April 16 – 18 . Poison Springs April 18 . Jenkins ' Ferry , Saline River , April 30 . Duty at Fort Smith until September . Mazzard ' s Prairie , near Fort Smith , July 27 . Defense of Fort Smith July 29 – 31 . Ordered to Indiana September , and non - veterans mustered out September 14 , 1864 . Battery reorganized at Indianapolis , Ind . , October 14 , 1864 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , and assigned to duty there as garrison artillery November 1864 to June 1865 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 , 1864 . Ordered to Indiana June 1865 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 28 men during service ; 1 officer and 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 14 enlisted men died of disease .