Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service Battery B was mustered into service at Chicago, Illinois on May 2, 1861, for three months' service. The battery was re-mustered for three years service at Cairo, Illinois on July 16, 1861.
The battery was mustered out on July 23, 1864, at Chicago, Illinois. Veterans and recruits were transferred to Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment. The battery was recreated in March, 1865 by the redesignation of Bridges' Battery Illinois Light Artillery.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilart1.htm#batb The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Total strength and casualties The battery suffered 9 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 17 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 27 fatalities.Dyer, 1959.
Commanders Captain Ezra Taylor - promoted to major. Captain Samuel Eddy Barrett - promoted to major. Captain Israel P. Rumsey - Mustered out with the battery. Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
Flag The battery was presented with a flag at Chicago's armory on May 14, 1861. It was a large flag made of silk containing and illustration of a mounted cannon in the middle of its field.Chicago daily tribune, May 15, 1861, p.4
See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War
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References The Civil War Archive