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.
Eighth Battery.
(This battery was organized at Indianapolis, Ind.,
January 24, 1862, 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 July 20, 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.
George Estep
26 Apr., 63
First Lieutenants.
Jeremiah Voris
27 Apr., 63
Samuel Winsor
1 July,
Second Lieutenant.
Charles B. Eldred
1 July, 63
William Stokes
1 July,
(Transferred to 7th Indiana battery.)
Casualties.
Resigned,
(1.)
First Lieut. John W. Thompson
June 16, 1862.
Dismissed, (2.)
Captain George T. Cochran
August 11, 1862.
Second Lieut. Richard Jervis
February 1, 1863.
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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