Illinois Independent Artillery Units

Illinois also had the 1st and 2nd regiments of light artillery [see Units by Number].

• Bridges' Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- transferred to 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery B in Dec 1864
  -- References: US Army Military History Institute
• Busteed's Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- also called Chicago Light Artillery
  -- disbanded and transferred to 1st New York Light Artillery in Nov 1861
  -- References: US Army Military History Institute
• Chapman's Peoria Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- organized from and attached to 14th Illinois Infantry
  -- designated Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery in Feb 1862
  -- References: US Army Military History Institute
• Chicago Board of Trade Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- also called Stokes' Independent Battery Light Artillery
• Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- also called Cooley's Independent Battery Light Artillery
• Cogswell's Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- mustered in as Company A Artillery, 53rd Illinois Infantry
  -- References: US Army Military History Institute
• Colvin's Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- organized Oct 1863 from men detached from 107th Illinois Infantry, 33rd Kentucky Infantry and 22nd Indiana Battery
  -- transferred to 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery K in Mar 1865
  -- References: US Army Military History Institute
• Renwick's Elgin Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- References: US Army Military History Institute
• Henshaw's Independent Battery Light Artillery
  -- References: US Army Military History Institute
• Smith's Battery Chicago Light Artillery
  -- mustered out July 1861
  -- became Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
• Springfield (Vaughan's) Independent Battery Light Artillery

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