26th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery 26th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was also known as Wilder Battery and Rigby ' s Battery . Service . The battery was organized in May 1861 , but was not accepted for the service . Instead , the recruits were mustered in as Company A , 17th Indiana Infantry on June 12 , 1861 , but retained their status as artillery . The battery was detached from the 17th Indiana Infantry in mid - September 1861 . The battery was attached to Reynolds ' Cheat Mountain District , West Virginia , to November 1861 . Milroy ' s Command , Cheat Mountain , West Virginia , to March 1862 . Milroy ' s Cheat Mountain Brigade , Department of the Mountains , to June 1862 . Milroy ' s Independent Brigade , I Corps , Army of Virginia , to July 1862 . Piatt ' s Brigade , Winchester , Virginia , to August 1862 . Trimble ' s Brigade , White ' s Division , Winchester , Virginia , to September 1862 . Miles ' Command , Harpers Ferry , West Virginia , September 1862 . Camp Douglas , Illinois , and Indianapolis , Indiana , to March 1863 . Central District of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1863 . Reserve Artillery , XXIII Corps , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to February 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , District of East Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to March 1865 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , District of East Tennessee , to July 1865 . The 26th Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 19 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Indiana for Parkersburg , July 2 . Moved from Parkersburg , Va . , to Oakland July 23 , 1861 ; then to Camp Pendleton and duty there until August 7 . Moved to Cheat Mountain Pass and Elkwater August 7 – 13 . Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11 – 17 . Petersburg September 11 – 13 . Cheat Mountain Pass September 12 . Elkwater September 13 . Greenbrier River October 3 – 4 . Expedition to Camp Baldwin December 11 – 14 . Allegheny Mountain December 13 . Duty at Beverly until April 1862 . Expedition on the Seneca April 1 – 12 . Monterey April 12 . Battle of McDowell May 8 . Franklin May 10 – 12 . Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1 – 2 . Battle of Cross Keys June 8 . Duty at Winchester until September 1 . Defense of Harpers Ferry September 12 – 15 . Bolivar Heights September 14 . Surrendered September 15 . Paroled and sent to Annapolis , Md . , then to Camp Douglas , Ill . ; duty there , at Camp Butler , Springfield , Ill . , and at Indianapolis , Ind . , until March 1863 . Left Indiana for Lexington , Ky . , March 18 . Duty in Central District of Kentucky until August . Operations against Pegram March 22 - April 1 . Action at Danville , Ky . , March 24 . Hickman ' s Heights March 28 . Dutton ' s Hill , Monticello , May 1 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - September 17 . Carter ' s Depot September 20 – 21 . Jonesboro September 21 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Garrison duty at Knoxville until March 1865 . Stoneman ' s Raid through eastern Tennessee into North Carolina March and April 1865 . Duty at Greenville , Tennessee , until July . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 13 men during service ; 1 officer and 12 enlisted 6 men due to disease .