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Rosters – Two rosters are provided for your convenience, organized:

Chronology of important Battery G events.

Ordnance Dept. – What kinds of cannon did Battery G have? What ammunition and other ordnance equipment did they use? Follow the links at the bottom of the Ordnance page to learn more about different kinds of cannon, projectiles, and the artillery service in general.

Biographies of original Battery G members.

Newspaper articles for recruitment during the war.

Newspaper articles for various homefront news.

Special Section: Vicksburg. Information related to Battery G at Vicksburg compiled in one area. This information may eventually be incorporated elsewhere on this website.

– The final resting places of some of the soldiers of Battery G.

– 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regimental Guidon and information about the presentation of the battery flag in 1862.