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18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery

October 20, 2023

The 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, also known as Lilly's Hoosier Battery and Lilly's Battery, was a civil war regiment formed in Indiana during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed at the end of 1860 by 22-year-old Eli Lilly, an Indianapolis pharmacist. He had recruitment posters placed around the city and recruited primarily among his friends and classmates. The unit contained six 10-pounder Parrott rifles, and was manned by 150 men. The unit mustered in Indianapolis where it was drilled during 1861. Lilly was elected captain of the unit in August 1862 when the unit was deployed to join the Lightning Brigade commanded by Col. John T. Wilder.[1]

18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
Colonel Eli Lilly in 1885
ActiveAugust 14, 1862 – September 16, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
EngagementsBattle of Hoover's Gap
Second Battle of Chattanooga
Davis's Cross Roads
Battle of Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Eli Lilly
A recruitment poster for the 18th Battery

The unit first saw action in the Battle of Hoover's Gap, and was later in the Second Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was enlisted for three years, and most members left the unit in the end of 1863. Several members, including Lilly reenlisted when their term expired, but were assigned to new units.[1]

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b Madison, p. 2–4

Bibliography Edit

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  • Connolly, James A. Primary Sources: The Road to Chickamauga. Washington, D.C.: American Battlefield Trust.
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  • Daniel, Larry J.; Lamers, William M. (1961). The Edge of Glory: A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. ISBN 9780807123966. OCLC 906813341.
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  • Madison, James H. (2016). Eli Lilly: A Life, 1885–1977. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 9780871951977. OCLC 985121391.
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The 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery also known as Lilly s Hoosier Battery and Lilly s Battery was a civil war regiment formed in Indiana during the American Civil War The regiment was formed at the end of 1860 by 22 year old Eli Lilly an Indianapolis pharmacist He had recruitment posters placed around the city and recruited primarily among his friends and classmates The unit contained six 10 pounder Parrott rifles and was manned by 150 men The unit mustered in Indianapolis where it was drilled during 1861 Lilly was elected captain of the unit in August 1862 when the unit was deployed to join the Lightning Brigade commanded by Col John T Wilder 1 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light ArtilleryColonel Eli Lilly in 1885ActiveAugust 14 1862 September 16 1865CountryUnited StatesAllegianceUnionBranchArtilleryEngagementsBattle of Hoover s GapSecond Battle of ChattanoogaDavis s Cross RoadsBattle of ChickamaugaAtlanta CampaignBattle of ResacaBattle of Kennesaw MountainCommandersNotablecommandersEli Lilly A recruitment poster for the 18th BatteryThe unit first saw action in the Battle of Hoover s Gap and was later in the Second Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Chickamauga The unit was enlisted for three years and most members left the unit in the end of 1863 Several members including Lilly reenlisted when their term expired but were assigned to new units 1 Notes Edit a b Madison p 2 4Bibliography EditBaumgartner Richard A 2007 Blue Lightning Wilder s Mounted Brigade in the Battle of Chickamauga Huntington W V Blue Acorn Press ISBN 978 1 885033 35 2 OCLC 232639520 Connolly James A 1959 Paul M Angle ed Three Years in the Army of the Cumberland The Letters and Diary of Major James A Connolly Bloomington Ind Indiana University Press ISBN 9780527190002 OCLC 906602437 Connolly James A Primary Sources The Road to Chickamauga Washington D C American Battlefield Trust Connelly Thomas L 1971 Autumn of Glory The Army of Tennessee 1862 1865 Baton Rouge La Louisiana State University Press ISBN 0 8071 2738 8 OCLC 1147753151 Cozzens Peter 1992 This Terrible Sound The Battle of Chickamauga Champaign Ill University of Illinois Press ISBN 9780252065941 OCLC 53818141 Daniel Larry J Lamers William M 1961 The Edge of Glory A Biography of General William S Rosecrans U S A New York Harcourt Brace amp World ISBN 9780807123966 OCLC 906813341 Dyer Frederick H 1908 A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Des Moines Iowa Dyer Pub Co ASIN B01BUFJ76Q nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Eicher David J McPherson James Alan 2001 The Longest Night A Military History of the Civil War New York Simon amp Schuster ISBN 9780743218467 OCLC 892938160 Esposito Vincent J 1959 West Point Atlas of American Wars New York Frederick A Praeger OCLC 5890637 Archived from the original on 2012 08 29 Frisby Derek W 2000 Heidler David S and Jeanne T ed Encyclopedia of the American Civil War A Political Social and Military History Tullahoma Campaign New York W W Norton amp Company ISBN 9780393047585 OCLC 317783094 Garrison Graham Pierson Parke Shoaf Dana B March 2003 Lightning at Chickamauga America s Civil War Historynet LLC 16 1 46 54 ISSN 1046 2899 Retrieved April 6 2020 Hallock Judith Lee 1991 Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat Volume II Tuscaloosa Ala University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780585138978 OCLC 1013879782 Jordan Hubert July 1997 Battle of Chickamauga Colonel John Wilder s Lightning Brigade Prevented Total Disaster America s Civil War Historynet LLC 10 3 44 49 ISSN 1046 2899 Retrieved April 6 2020 Kennedy Frances H 1998 The Civil War Battlefield Guide Boston Houghton Mifflin Co ISBN 9780395740125 OCLC 60231712 Korn Jerry 1985 The Fight for Chattanooga Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge Alexandria Va Time Life Books ISBN 9780809448166 OCLC 34581283 Madison James H 2016 Eli Lilly A Life 1885 1977 Indianapolis Ind Indiana Historical Society ISBN 9780871951977 OCLC 985121391 McWhiney Grady 1991 Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat Volume I Tuscaloosa Ala University of Alabama Press ISBN 9780817391850 OCLC 1013878393 Martin Samuel J 2011 General Braxton Bragg C S A Jefferson N C McFarland ISBN 9780786459346 OCLC 617425048 Robertson William Glenn 2010 Woodworth Stephen W ed The Chickamauga Campaign Bull of the woods James Longstreet at Chickamauga Carbondale Ill Southern Illinois University Press ISBN 9780809385560 OCLC 649913237 Robertson William Glenn Spring 2007 The Chickamauga Campaign The Fall of Chattanooga Columbus Ohio Blue amp Gray Magazine OCLC 682510222 Robertson William Glenn Fall 2007 The Chickamauga Campaign McLemore s Cove Columbus Ohio Blue amp Gray Magazine OCLC 682510222 Robertson William Glenn Spring 2008 The Chickamauga Campaign The Armies Collide Columbus Ohio Blue amp Gray Magazine OCLC 682510222 Robertson William Glenn Spring 2008 The Chickamauga Campaign The Battle of Chickamauga Day 1 Columbus Ohio Blue amp Gray Magazine OCLC 682510222 Robertson William Glenn Summer 2008 The Chickamauga Campaign The Battle of Chickamauga Day 2 Columbus Ohio Blue amp Gray Magazine OCLC 682510222 Smith Derek 2005 The Gallant Dead Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War Mechanicsburg Pa Stackpole Books ISBN 9780811748728 OCLC 1022792759 Starr Stephen Z 1985 The Union cavalry in the Civil War Vol 3 The war in the west 1861 1865 Baton Rouge La Louisiana State University Press ISBN 9780807112090 OCLC 769318010 Stuntz Margaret L July 1997 Lightning Strike at the Gap America s Civil War Historynet LLC 10 3 50 57 ISSN 1046 2899 Retrieved April 6 2020 Sunderland Glenn W 1969 Lightning at Hoover s Gap the Story of Wilder s Brigade London Thomas Yoseloff ISBN 0498067955 OCLC 894765669 Sunderland Glenn W 1984 Wilder s Lightning Brigade and Its Spencer Repeaters Washington Ill Bookworks ISBN 9996886417 OCLC 12549273 Thomas Edison H 1985 John Hunt Morgan and His Raiders Lexington Ky The University Press of Kentucky ISBN 9781306184373 OCLC 865156740 Tucker Glenn 1961 Chickamauga Bloody Battle in the West Indianapolis Ind Bobbs Merrill Co ISBN 9781786251152 OCLC 933587418 Woodworth Steven E 1998 Six Armies in Tennessee The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns Lincoln Neb University of Nebraska Press ISBN 9780803298132 OCLC 50844494 U S National Park Service 2007 NPS Hoover s Gap Battle Description Washington D C U S National Park Service Archived from the original on 2013 09 13 U S National Park Service 2007 Chickamauga Battle Description Washington D C U S National Park Service Archived from the original on 2013 09 13 U S War Department 1889 Operations in Kentucky Middle and East Tennessee North Alabama and Southwest Virginia January 21 August 10 1863 Reports The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Vol XXIII XXXV I Washington DC U S Government Printing Office OCLC 857196196 U S War Department 1889 Operations in Kentucky Middle and East Tennessee North Alabama and Southwest Virginia January 21 August 10 1863 Reports The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Vol XXIII XXXV I Washington DC U S Government Printing Office OCLC 857196196 U S War Department 1899 Operations in Kentucky Southwest Virginia Tennessee Mississippi North Alabama and North Georgia August 11 October 19 1863 Part I Reports The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Vol XXX XLII I Washington DC U S Government Printing Office OCLC 857196196 U S War Department 1899 Operations in Kentucky Southwest Virginia Tennessee Mississippi North Alabama and North Georgia August 11 October 19 1863 Part II Reports The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Vol XXX XLII II Washington DC U S Government Printing Office OCLC 857196196 U S War Department 1899 Operations in Kentucky Southwest Virginia Tennessee Mississippi North 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