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Taylor's Battery
1st Illinois
Light Artillery, Company B
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Taylor's Battery
was organized early in the Civil War by Ezra Taylor as Company B, Chicago Light
Artillery. The unit was accepted into Federal service in July as Company
B of the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery.
Approximately 207 members from the greater Chicago region fought under Generals William
T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant and were recognized as one of the finest light
artillery units in the Army. The battery's six guns were heard at most of
the great battles of the West, including Fort
Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg,
Chattanooga and Atlanta. The battery was discharged in
July of 1864. Seventy One of its members reenlisted for the duration of
the war and served with the First Illinois Light Artillery, Company A. In 1989,
men and women from the Chicago area organized
the Taylor's Battery
of today. We are a nonprofit educational organization devoted to
preserving the memory of the men from the Chicago
land area who served in the original Taylor's Battery during the Civil War. Reenacting is a hobby
that involves peoples of all ages. If you would like more information
about our membership and the events in which we participate in. Email
Captain Michael Millette at the following address TaylorsCaptain
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