18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery

18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
	Colonel Eli Lilly in 1885
Active	August 14, 1862 – September 16, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Battle of Hoover's Gap; Second Battle of Chattanooga; Davis's Cross Roads; Battle of Chickamauga; Atlanta Campaign; Battle of Resaca; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Eli Lilly
Insignia
1st Division, XIV Corps
4th Division, XIV Corps

The 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, also known as Lilly's Hoosier Battery and Lilly's Battery, was a civil war artillery battery formed in Indiana during the American Civil War. The battery was formed at the end of 1860 by 22-year-old Eli Lilly, an Indianapolis pharmacist. He had recruitment posters placed around the city and recruited primarily among his friends and classmates. The unit were first issued 6 "Rodman Guns" (3-inch ordnance rifle) and was manned by 156 men. The Battery members stated preference to 3" Ordnance Rifles over the 10 pound Parrott Rifle due to its tendency to bursting. The unit mustered in Indianapolis where it was drilled during 1861, excelling at their skill with firing accuracy. Lilly was elected captain of the unit in August 1862 when the unit was deployed to join the Lightning Brigade^{[note 1]} (1st Brigade - Wilder, 4th Division - Reynolds, 14th Corp. - Thomas) commanded by Col. John T. Wilder.^[1]

A total of 52 recruits were from Montgomery County, Indiana 49 from Putnam County, Indiana 20 from Vigo County, Indiana 20 from Indianapolis, 8 from Fountain, Indiana, 6 from Madison, Indiana, and single digits from Hendrix and Shelby County, Indiana.

A total of 77 men were from Indiana, 26 from other free states, 14 from slave states, 7 foreigners (5 Irishmen, 1 Englishman, and 1 Prussian) 27 men unknown.

A total of 78 men gave their occupations as farmers, 27 as other occupations (blacksmith, bricklayer, brickmaker, luther, carpenter, carriage maker, clerk, cooper, druggist, engineer, harness maker, horticulturist, mechanic, miller, nurseryman, painter, physician, saddler, shoemaker, silversmith, student, tanner, teacher, wagonmaker, and woolen factory attendant). One man listed "none", and 16 unknown. Of the 156 men who enlisted in 1862, only 77 were present when the battery mustered out in 1865.

The unit first saw action in the Battle of Hoover's Gap, and was later in the Second Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was enlisted for three years, and most members left the unit in the end of 1863. Several members, including Lilly reenlisted when their term expired, but were assigned to new units.^[1]

References

Footnotes

^ It acquired the names due to the movement speed that was gained by mounting the brigade, and also by the hatchets/tomohawks that Wilder had issued initially. See Lightning Brigade article for more.

Citations

^ ^a ^b Madison, p. 2–4

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v t e Indiana military units in the Civil War
Heavy artillery	1st Regiment
Light artillery batteries	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
Cavalry	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment Stewart's Company Bracken's Company Mounted Scouts (Independent Company)
Infantry regiments (3 month enlistments)	6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 54th
Infantry regiments (1 year enlistments)	12th 16th 54th
Infantry (3 year enlistments)	6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th 120th 121st 122nd 123rd 124th 125th 126th 127th 128th 129th 130th 131st 132nd 133rd 134th 135th 136th 137th 138th 139th 140th 141st 142nd 143rd 144th 145th 146th 147th 148th 149th 150th 151st 152nd 153rd 154th 155th 156th 157th 158th 159th
See also: List of Civil War regiments by state

v t e Indiana in the American Civil War
People	William A. Bowles Jesse D. Bright Ambrose Burnside Harrison H. Dodd Alvin P. Hovey Andrew Humphreys Lambdin P. Milligan Oliver P. Morton Francis A. Shoup Lew Wallace Indiana regiments
Places	Camp Joe Holt Camp Morton Jefferson General Hospital Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot Military Park New Albany National Cemetery
Battles raids	Battle of Corydon Battle of Pogue's Run Hines' Raid Morgan's Raid Newburgh Raid
Related	Union Literary Institute
See also: Indianapolis in the American Civil War

v t e History of Indiana
Early history	Clovis Adena Hopewell Mississippian Beaver Wars European contact La Salle Expeditions French Rule
1700–1799	Vincennes Fort Miamis Ouiatenon French and Indian War British Rule Pontiac's War American Revolution George Rogers Clark Illinois campaign Clark's Grant Northwest Territory Wabash Confederacy Northwest Indian War Petit Fort
1800–1816	Indiana Territory Buffalo Trace Treaty of Vincennes Johnny Appleseed Treaty of Grouseland Indiana Rangers Tecumseh's War Battle of Tippecanoe War of 1812 Abolitionist movement Harmony 1st Indiana Canal Company Constitutional Convention
1817–1899	Statehood Polly v. Lasselle Mary Clark v. G.W. Johnston Treaty of St. Mary's Indian Removals Fall Creek massacre Bank of Indiana 2nd Indiana Canal Company Whitewater Canal Wabash and Erie Canal Public Works and Bankruptcy Underground Railroad Mexican-American War New Constitution Civil War Golden Age Eli Lilly & Company Reno Gang Gas boom Black Day of the General Assembly Indiana pi bill Golden Age of Literature
1900–1999	White Caps Elwood Haynes Indianapolis Motor Speedway World War I Indianapolis strike and riots Samuel Woodfill Indiana Klan Great Depression John Dillinger World War II Freeman Field mutiny Shipp & Smith lynchings Flood of 1937 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion Supreme Court Reorganization
Since 2000	Flood of 2008 Indiana State Fair stage collapse
By topic	Auto racing Battles Disasters Economy Elections Ghostlore General Assembly Governors Historic sites People Historical political strength Native Americans Slavery
By city and locale	Evansville Fort Wayne Gary Hartford City Indianapolis Lafayette Lake Wawasee South Bend Terre Haute
See also: History of the United States, History of the Midwestern United States and Portal:Indiana WikiProject Indiana's History Department

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