Battery M, 4th U.S. Artillery

Battery M, 4th U.S. Artillery, equipped with 4 Napoleons and 2 24-pounder howitzers, served with Grose's Brigade, Palmer's Division, Crittenden's Corps, on September 20, 1863, under 1st Lieut. Francis L. D. Russell, with 2d Lieut. John G. Butler. Early in the morning Captain Standart, chief of artillery of Palmer's Division, placed the battery in this field in rear of General Cruft's Brigade in reserve. It remained there during the day, firing only once, when Grose's Brigade was driven out of the woods on the left. The battery then changed front and, firing over the heads of the infantry, helped drive the enemy back. During the day the two 24-pounder howitzers were used to replace two guns of Battery B, 1st Ohio Artillery, that had been disabled, and were gallantly served with General Cruft's Brigade during the afternoon. About 5 o'clock p.m. the battery received orders to withdraw to Rossville and retired with General Cruft's Brigade to that point, where it encamped for the night. Its battle casualties were 2 men killed, 6 wounded, 14 horses killed and wounded, and 3 caissons abandoned.

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