3rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery (also known as Frybarger's Battery, Cockfair's Battery, Ginn's Battery, and Burn's Battery) was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The battery was organized at Connersville, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on August 24, 1861, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The battery was attached to Fremont's Army of the West and Department of the Missouri to February 1862. Jefferson City, Missouri, Department of the Missouri, to March 1862. Central District of Missouri, Department of the Missouri, to February 1863. District of Southwest Missouri, Department of the Missouri, to June 1863. District of Rolla, Missouri, Department of the Missouri, to July 1863. District of St. Louis, Missouri, Department of the Missouri, to January 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, XVI Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February 1865. Artillery, 1st Division, XVI Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August 1865.
The 3rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on August 21, 1865, in Indianapolis.
Moved to St. Louis, Missouri, September. Fremont's advance on Springfield, Missouri, September 23-November 2, 1861. Duty at Tipton and LaMine, Missouri, until February 1862. Duty at Jefferson City, Missouri, until November 1862. Expedition in Moniteau County and skirmish March 25âÂÂ28. Campaign against Porter's and Poindexter's guerrillas July 20-September 10. Actions at Moore's Mills July 28; Kirksville August 6; near Stockton August 9; Lone Jack August 16. Duty at Springfield, Rolla, and St. Louis, Missouri, November 1862 to December 1863. Reenlisted November 30, 1863. Moved to Columbus, Kentucky. Smith's Campaign in western Tennessee against Forrest December 20âÂÂ26. Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi, January 23, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria April 16. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. About Cloutiersville April 22âÂÂ24. Cotile Landing April 25. Red River May 3âÂÂ7. Retreat to Morganza May 13âÂÂ20. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg May 19âÂÂ24, then to Memphis, Tennessee, May 25-June 10. Old River Lake or Lake Chicot June 6. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Mississippi, July 5âÂÂ21. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14âÂÂ15. Old Town (or Tishamingo Creek) July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Mississippi, August 1âÂÂ30. Moved to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, September 8âÂÂ19. Expedition to Do Soto September 20-October 1. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price October 2-November 19. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, November 25-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15âÂÂ16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17âÂÂ28. Moved to Eastport, Mississippi, and duty there until February 1865. Expedition from Eastport to Iuka January 9, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, February 7âÂÂ22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13âÂÂ25. Duty at Montgomery and Selma till July 30 when the battery was ordered to Indianapolis, Indiana.
According to a report by Lieutenant Thomas J. Ginn, at the Battle of Yellow Bayou on May 18, 1864, the battery's guns consisted of two M1857 12-pounder Napoleons, two 14-pounder James rifles, and two M1841 6-pounder field guns.
The battery lost a total of 29 men during service; 1 officer and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 18 enlisted men died of disease.