19th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was often referred to as Harris' Battery.
The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered on August 5, 1862, for a three-year enlistment under the command of Captain Samuel J. Harris.
The battery was attached to 34th Brigade, 10th Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 34th Brigade, 10th Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. Artillery, 5th Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, XIV Corps, to October 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, XIV Corps, to July 1864. Artillery Brigade, XIV Corps, to June 1865.
The 19th Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on June 10, 1865.
Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1âÂÂ15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, October 8. March to Lebanon and Woodsonville October 16âÂÂ28, and duty there until December. Operations against Morgan, in Kentucky, December 22, 1862 – January 2, 1863. March to Nashville, Tennessee, then to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, January 1863, and duty there until June. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty, and Alexandria February 3âÂÂ5. Expedition to Woodbury March 3âÂÂ8. Action at Vaught's Hill, near Woodbury, March 20. Expedition to Lebanon, Carthage, and Liberty April 1âÂÂ8. Expedition to McMinnville April 20âÂÂ30. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24âÂÂ26. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Shellmound August 21. Narrows, near Shellmound, August 28. Reconnaissance toward Chattanooga August 30âÂÂ31. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19âÂÂ21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23âÂÂ27. Battles of Orchard Knob November 23âÂÂ24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Demonstrations on Dalton, Georgia, February 22âÂÂ27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23âÂÂ25. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8âÂÂ11. Battle of Resaca May 14âÂÂ15. Advance on Dallas May 18âÂÂ25. Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Ackworth June 2. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11âÂÂ14. Lost Mountain June 15âÂÂ17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5âÂÂ17. Peachtree Creek July 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5âÂÂ7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25âÂÂ30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the Sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10âÂÂ21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April. Fayetteville, North Carolina, March 11. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19âÂÂ21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10âÂÂ14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19. Grand Review of the Armies May 24.
The battery lost a total of 32 men during service; 1 officer and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 21 enlisted men died of disease.
At the Battle of Perryville, the 19th Battery went into battle with 142 officers and enlisted men. The battery suffered losses of three killed, 12 wounded, and three missing.
At Perryville, the 19th Battery was armed with four 12-pounder Napoleons and two 3-inch Ordnance rifles. In December 1862, the battery reported having the following 3-inch rifle ammunition: 86 Hotchkiss fuze shell, 96 Hotchkiss canister shot, 28 Schenkl canister shot. The unit reported having 15 Army revolvers and 16 cavalry sabers.