1st Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery 1st 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 Evansville , Indiana August 5 , 1861 and mustered in at Indianapolis , Indiana for a three - year enlistment on August 16 , 1861 under the command of Captain Martin Klauss . The battery was attached to Fremont ' s Army of the West and Department of the Missouri to January 1862 . Artillery , 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of Southwest Missouri , Department of the Missouri , to May 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , Army of Southwest Missouri , to July 1862 . District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of the Missouri , to October 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , District of Southeast Missouri , Department of the Missouri , to March 1863 . Artillery , 14th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1863 . Artillery , 1st Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to August 1863 , and Department of the Gulf to September 1863 . District of Lafourche , Department of the Gulf , to February 1864 . Artillery , 1st Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Gulf , to March 1864 . Artillery , 4th Division , XIII Corps , to July 1864 . Artillery Reserve , Department of the Gulf , to February 1865 . Artillery Brigade , XVI Corps , Military Division West Mississippi , to August 1865 . The 1st Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on August 22 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to St . Louis , Mo . . Fremont ' s Advance on Springfield , Mo . , September 27 - October 3 , 1861 . Camp at LaMine until January 1862 . Advance on Springfield , Mo . , in pursuit of Price January 25 - February 14 . Pursuit of Price into Arkansas February 15 – 29 . Battles of Pea Ridge , Ark . , March 6 – 8 . March to Sugar Creek March 10 , then to Cross Timbers March 15 . March to Batesville April 5 - May 3 . March to Helena , Ark . , May 25 - July 14 , and duty there until October . Moved to Ironton , Pilot Knob , Mo . , and operations in southeast Missouri until March 1863 . Ordered to St . Genevieve , Mo . , March 5 ; then to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , March 14 – 25 , and duty there until April 25 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson , May 1 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Big Black River May 17 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , May 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Duty at Vicksburg until August 20 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . Duty there and at Brashear City until October . Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30 . Duty in the District of LaFourche , La . , until March , 1864 . Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22 . Battle of Sabine Crossroads April 8 . Cane River Crossing April 23 . At Alexandria April 27 - May 13 . Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 . Moved to New Orleans and duty there until March 1865 . Campaign against Mobile , Ala . , and its defenses March 17 - April 12 . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 8 . Fort Blakely April 9 . Capture of Mobile April 12 . March to Montgomery April 13 – 25 , and duty there until August . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 35 men during service ; 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 31 enlisted men died of disease .