18th Indiana Battery

Indiana's Eighteenth Battery, commanded by Captain Eli Lilly and attached to First Brigade under Wilder, Fourth Division under Reynolds, and Fourteenth Corps under Thomas, was engaged on September 18th, 1863, with Wilder's Brigade in preventing the enemy's advance at Alexander's Bridge. That night, east of Viniard Field, it fought with the brigade in a night action and helped hold the enemy in check. On September 19th, it was hotly engaged during the afternoon where this monument stands and in the surrounding vicinity, inflicting great damage on the enemy. On Sunday, September 20th, two guns engaged at Widow Glenn's house about 12 M., and the battery retired from the field about 1 p.m.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States