United States Regiments & Batteries > Illinois
The 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery L lost 1 officer and 10 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| February 22 | The 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery L mustered in at Chicago, Ill. |
| February-June | Duty at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., guarding prisoners |
| June 14 | Ordered to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. |
| June 24 | To New Creek |
| June-July | Duty at New Creek, Petersburg, Romney, Cumberland, Md., Harper’s Ferry and other points in West Virginia guarding the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Attached to Railroad District, Mountain Dept., West Virginia. |
| July | Attached to Railroad District, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
| September | Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, Department of the Ohio. |
| October 29 | Action at Ridgville Road, near Petersburg |
| November 9 | South Fork of the Potomac River |
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1863
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| January | Attached to Defenses Upper Potomac |
| March | Attached to 5th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps |
| April 25-27 | Expedition to relief of Phillippi and Grafton |
| June | Attached to Mulligan’s Brigade, Scammon’s Division, West Virginia |
| September 4 | Petersburg Gap |
| December | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia |
| December 31 to January 5 | Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va. |
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1864
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| April | Attached to Reserve Division, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. |
| August 1 | Folck’s Mills, Attack on Cumberland, Md. |
| August 4 | New Creek |
| September 27 to November 15 | 1 Section at Grafton |
| November 6-8 | Expedition from New Creek to Moorefield |
| November 27-28 | Moorefield, near New Creek |
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1865
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| January | Attached to 3rd Division, West Virginia |
| April | Attached to 2nd Division, West Virginia |
| July 10 | The 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery L mustered out |