Battery " F " , 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery " F " , 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 known as Cheney ' s Battery and Burton ' s Battery . Service . The battery was organized at Camp Butler near Springfield , Illinois January 25 , 1862 and mustered in February 25 , 1862 for a three year enlistment under the command of Captain John T . Cheney . The battery was attached to 3rd Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . Artillery , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to November 1862 . Artillery , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , November 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , XVII Corps , to January 1863 . Artillery , 1st Division , XVI Corps , to July 1863 . Artillery , 4th Division , XV Corps , to November 1864 . Artillery Reserve , District of Nashville , Tennessee , to February 1865 . Battery " F " was simply discontinued by Special Field Order No . 47 , Headquarters Department of the Cumberland , dated Nashville , Tenn . , February 22 , 1865 . Men whose term of service had not been completed were transferred to other batteries . Detailed service . Ordered to Benton Barracks , Mo . , March 15 , then moved to Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , April 1 – 9 . Advance on and Siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 , 1862 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , June 1 – 17 , and duty there until November . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign November 1862 to January 1863 . Duty at Memphis and along Memphis and Charleston Railroad until June 1863 . Ordered to Vicksburg , Miss . , June 9 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , June 16 - July 4 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Camp at Big Black until September 26 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , then to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 28 - November 21 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Skirmish at Trenton , Ga . , November 18 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 17 . At Scottsboro , Ala . , until May 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstrations on Resaca May 9 – 13 . Snake Creek Gap May 10 – 12 . Battle of Resaca May 13 – 15 . Kingston May 19 – 22 . Advance on Dallas May 23 – 25 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel , Hood ' s second sortie , July 28 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood , September 29 - November 3 . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , and garrison duty there until February 1865 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 32 men during service ; 1 officer and 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 24 enlisted men died of disease .