8th Indiana Battery

Indiana's Eighth Battery, commanded by Captain George Estep and serving in the First Brigade, First Division, Twenty-First Corps, was in action with its brigade near Lee and Gordon's Mill on Friday, September 18th, 1863. On the afternoon of September 19th, it moved to this position, went into action, and became heavily engaged. There, five horses of one gun were killed, and when the supports fell back, the battery retired and the gun was lost. After the line was retaken, the battery again occupied this position. In another overwhelming charge there, three guns were lost, but were retaken by a countercharge. On Sunday, September 20th, it went into position on the western edge of the Dyer Field, north of the Dyer House, where it was engaged until all the horses were killed and the battery was captured.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States