19th Indiana Battery

Indiana's Nineteenth Battery served in the Second Brigade under King, Fourth Division under Reynolds, Fourteenth Corps under Thomas. Commanded by Captain Samuel J. Harris and later Lieutenant Robert S. Lackey, the battery reached Crawfish Springs at 7 A.M. on Saturday, September 19th, 1863, after an all-night march from Pond Spring, then moved near Brotherton's and at about 3:30 P.M. went into action south of the Poe House and west of the Lafayette Road, where Captain Harris was wounded. Flanked on the right, the battery withdrew to the north side of the Poe Field and continued fighting there. On Sunday, September 20th, the battery became engaged at 10 A.M. at this location and remained in action until noon. It then moved to the south side of Kelly Field, a little northwest of where Colonel King's Monument stood, and remained there until 5:30 P.M., when it retired, carrying Colonel King's body on a caisson. Its casualties were 2 enlisted men killed, the captain and 15 men wounded, 2 missing, for an aggregate loss of 20.

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