<prompt> I-Springfield Illinois Light Artillery, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Vaughns Independent Illinois Battery noma i-Battery A, 3rd Illinois Light Artillery, yayiyibhethri lezikhali ezivela e-Illinois elalisebenza e-Union Army phakathi neMpi Yombango yaseMelika. Ihlelwe ngo-Agasti 1862, iyunithi yaqala ukubekwa eBolivar, eTennessee. Ngo-Agasti kuya kuSepthemba 1863 ibhethri labamba iqhaza ohambweni lukaFrederick Steele lokuya eLittle Rock, e-Arkansas, lapho belwela iBayou Fourche  <response>: . futhi. Ngentwasahlobo ka-1864, ibhethri lathatha ingxenye kuCamden Expedition, elwa ePrairie DAne naseJenkins Ferry. Le yunithi yahlala isikhathi esisele sempi eLittle Rock ngaphambi kokuthi ikhishwe emsebenzini ngoJuni 1865. 