United States Regiments & Batteries > Illinois
The 2nd Illinois Artillery, Battery M lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 16 men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| Organized at Chicago, Ill. | |
| June 6 | Mustered in |
| June 16 | Left State for Martinsburg, Va. |
| June 24 | Arrived Martinsburg. Attached to R. R. Brigade, 8th Corps, Middle Dept. |
| August 24 | Expedition to Darkesville |
| September 12 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, Va. |
| September 12-15 |
Siege of Harper’s Ferry |
| September 15 | The Battery was urrendered along with the rest of the garrison. |
| September 16 | Paroled and moved to Annapolis, Md., then to Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill. |
| Operations in Western Theater for remainder of career | |