United States Regiments & Batteries > Indiana
The 16th Indiana Battery lost 11 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| Organized at Lafayette, Indiana | |
| March 24 | The 16th Indiana Battery mustered in at Indianapolis. |
| June 1 | Left Indiana by train for Washington, D.C. |
| June | Duty at Capitol Hill. Attached to Military District of Washington, D. C. |
| June 26 | Ordered to join Banks in the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia |
| July to September |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 6-22 |
Maryland CampaignAttached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery was in reserve. |
| September | Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defenses of that city attached to Artillery, 2nd Brigade, Defenses North of the Potomac, Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
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1863
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| February | Moved to Fort Washington, Defenses of Washington North of the Potomac, 22nd Army Corps |
| May | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| July | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| December | Transferred to 1st Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
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1864
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| July 11-12 |
Repulse of Early’s attack on Washington |
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1865
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| June | Ordered to Indianapolis, Indiana, to muster out |
| July 5 | The 16th Indiana Battery mustered out |