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2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery (view source)
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Battery "E" organized at St. Louis, [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]], Missouri, as Schwartz's Missouri Battery and mustered in August 20, 1861. It mustered out September 29, 1864. | Battery "E" organized at St. Louis, [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]], Missouri, as Schwartz's Missouri Battery and mustered in August 20, 1861. It mustered out September 29, 1864. | ||
Battery "F" organized at Cape Girardeau, [[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau County]], Missouri, and mustered in December 11, 1861. It mustered out July 27, 1865. <br> | Battery "F" organized at Cape Girardeau, [[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau County]], Missouri, and mustered in December 11, 1861. It mustered out July 27, 1865. <br> | ||
Battery "G"organized at Camp Butler, [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon County]], Illinois, and mustered in December 31, 1861. It mustered out September 4, 1865. | Battery "G"organized at Camp Butler, [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon County]], Illinois, and mustered in December 31, 1861. It mustered out September 4, 1865. | ||
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Battery "M" organized at Chicago, [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], Illinois, and mustered in June 6, 1862. It mustered out April 11, 1864. The men transferred to Batteries "C" and "H." | Battery "M" organized at Chicago, [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], Illinois, and mustered in June 6, 1862. It mustered out April 11, 1864. The men transferred to Batteries "C" and "H." | ||
[[Chapman' | [[Chapman's Peoria Independent Battery Light Artillery|Chapman's Peoria Independent Battery Light Artillery]] organized from 14th Illinois Infantry and attached to that Regiment until February, 1862, when designated Battery "B," 2nd Light Artillery.<br> | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Illinois in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br> | |||
*National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br> | |||
*[[Illinois in the Civil War|Illinois in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Illinois, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
=== References === | |||
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[[Category:Illinois_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:Illinois_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||