This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 1st Indiana Light Battery, organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through K. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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For an overview of this regiment’s organization, service, engagements, and casualties, see the regiment summary page.
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Field & Staff
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company A
The 1st Indiana Light Battery was organized as a single battery and did not have separate companies. All enlisted men and officers served together in the battery organization.
Company B
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company B. No separate roster exists.
Company C
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company C. No separate roster exists.
Company D
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company D. No separate roster exists.
Company E
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company E. No separate roster exists.
Company F
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company F. No separate roster exists.
Company G
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company G. No separate roster exists.
Company H
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company H. No separate roster exists.
Company I
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company I. No separate roster exists.
Company K
The 1st Indiana Light Battery did not have a Company K. No separate roster exists.
Non-Commissioned Staff
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Unassigned Recruits
Records for unassigned recruits, if any, are incomplete in the available state adjutant general reports.
Consolidations or Transfers
Some members reenlisted as veterans at New Orleans in 1864. Non-veterans were mustered out at Indianapolis in the fall of 1864. No formal consolidation with other batteries is recorded in primary sources.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering Western Theater artillery units.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (years 1861–1865; volumes and pages as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 3.