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.
First Battery.
(This battery was organized at Indianapolis,
Ind.,
August 16, 1861, to serve three years.
On the expiration of term of service the
original members (except veterans)
were mustered out, and the organization,
composed of veterans and recruits,
retained in service until August 22, 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.
Lawrence Jacoby
9 Aug., 64
First Lieutenant.
Jacob Mann
1
Sept., 63
Second Lieutenants.
Hugo Pfaefflin
5 Aug., 63
John W. Gerhardt
30 Aug.,
Casualties.
Resigned,
(3.)
Captain Martin Klauss
June 20, 1864.
First Lieut. John Louis Bitrolff, Jr.
July 22, 1863.
Second Lieut. Caspar Tomhemelt
April 12, 1863.
Discharged,
(2.)
Second Lieut. John Rothengatter
January 11, 1862.
Second Lieut. Philip Nimveiler
August 10, 1863.
Died,
(1.)
First Lieut. Arnold Schreunder
October 28, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo.
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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