Indiana
Official Army Register
of the Volunteer Force
of the United States Army
for the Years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65.
Part VI.
Indiana – Illinois
Published by Order of
the Secretary of War,
in Compliance with the
Joint Resolution of the Senate
and House of
Representatives, approved March 2,
1865.
Adjutant General’s
Office, Washington, August 31, 1865, pp. 1-2.
Indiana Light Artillery.
Independent Batteries.
Third Battery.
(This battery was organized at Indianapolis,
Ind.,
August 24, 1861, to serve three years.
On the expiration of its term of service the
original members (except veterans)
were mustered out, and the organization,
composed of veterans and recruits,
retained in service until August 21, 1865, when
it was mustered out,
in accordance with orders from the War
Department.)
(The official list of battles in which this
battery
bore an honorable part is not yet published in
orders.)
Captain.
Richard Burns
25 July, 65
First Lieutenant.
Francis C. Swiggett
26 July, 65
Second Lieutenant.
Philip McPherson
25 Oct. 63
Casualties.
Promoted,
(1.)
First Lieut. Hubbard T. Thomas
March 22, 1863, to Captain Wilder's Indiana battery.
Resigned,
(2.)
First Lieut. Adolphus G. Armington
April 10, 1863.
Second Lieut. Leonidas Thrasher
December 26, 1861.
Mustered
Out on Expiration of Term of Service, (2.)
Captain Thomas J. Ginn
June 13, 1865.
Second Lieut. Leonidas Thrasher
December 26, 1861.
Discharged,
(1.)
Captain William W. Frybarger
December 7, 1861.
Died,
(1.)
Second Lieut. James S. Develin
November 24, 1862, of wounds received in action
at Lone Jack, Mo.
Dismissed, (1.)
Captain James M. Cockefair
December -, 1864.
Note:
This roster of
officers is given as it stood on the day of muster out.
Information obtained at the National
Archives, Washington, DC
Contributed by: Mark Anderson
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