Battery " C " , 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery " C " , 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery , was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . The battery was also referred to as Channel ' s Battery , Ottawa Light Artillery , Prescott ' s Battery , and Houghtaling ' s Battery . Service . The battery was organized Ottawa , Illinois on October 31 , 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment . The battery was attached to Military District of Cairo to October 1861 . 3rd Brigade , District of Cairo , to February 1862 . 4th Brigade , 1st Division , District of Cairo , February 1862 . Artillery Division , Army of the Mississippi , to April 1862 . Artillery 1st Division , Army of the Mississippi , to September 1862 . Artillery , 13th Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Right Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . Artillery , 3rd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . Artillery , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to July 1864 . Artillery Brigade , XIV Corps , to June 1865 . Battery " C " mustered out of service in Louisville , Kentucky on June 14 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Cairo , Ill . Duty in the Military District of Cairo , Ill . , until February 1862 . Operations against New Madrid , Mo . , and Island No . 10 , Mississippi River , February 28 - April 8 . Action and capture at Tiptonville April 8 . Expedition to Fort Pillow , Tenn . , April 13 – 17 . Moved to Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , April 17 – 23 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Action at Farmington May 3 . Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8 . Engagement at Farmington May 9 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 , and pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12 . Reconnaissance toward Baldwyn June 3 . At Corinth until July 21 . Moved to Iuka , Miss . , July 21 , thence to Courtland , Ala . , and duty along Memphis and Charleston Railroad until September 3 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , September 3 – 12 . Action at Columbia September 9 . Siege of Nashville September 12 - November 7 . Repulse of Forrest ' s attack on Edgefield November 5 . Lavergne November 7 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign , June 23 - July 7 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Missionary Ridge November 24 – 25 . At Rossville , Ga . , until May 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station and Vining Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1 – 26 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 34 men during service ; 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 19 enlisted men died of disease .