Mississippi, May 18 – July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Mississippi, July 5–10. Siege of Jackson July 10–17. At Big Black until August. Ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana, August 20. At Carrollton, Brashear City, and Berwick until October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 – November 30. Duty in District of LaFourche and defenses of New Orleans, Louisiana, until August 1864. Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2–23. Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3–8. Siege and capture of Fort Morgan August 8–23. Duty in the defenses of New Orleans and District of LaFourche till July 1865. The 1st Section was detached in District of Southwest Missouri to October 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, to June 1863. District of Southeast Missouri. Advance on Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 11 – December 3, 1862. Marched to relief of Gen. Blount December 3–6. Battle of Prairie Grove, December 7. At Fayetteville until December 27. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, Arkansas, December 27–29. Duty at various points in Missouri until April 1863. Operations against Marmaduke April 20 – May 2. Moved to Pilot Knob, Missouri. Duty in District of Southeast Missouri until July 1863. Casualties The battery lost a total of 22 men during service; 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 16 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Captain Peter Davidson Captain Fletcher H. Chapman Captain Herman Borris – dismissed from the service, March 1, 1865 Captain William W. Campbell Lieutenant Frank B. Fenton – commanded at the battle of Champion Hill See also List of Illinois Civil War units Illinois in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Attribution External links Battery D, 2nd Illinois Artillery monument at Vicksburg (Illinois state monument) Roster of Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery transcribed by Jim Willison Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois 1861 establishments in Illinois Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War