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Battery H
It moved under orders to report to General Halleck, at St. Louis. From thence it went to New Madrid, Mo., and served during the siege of Island. No. 10, and during a part of October was on duty at Columbus, Ky.
Leaving Columbus in November, this battery engaged in various movements in western Tennessee and northern Mississippi, during November and December, 1862, and January, 1863. In January it was at Holly Springs, Coldwater, Davis's Mills, Moscow, etc. On the 19th it arrived at Memphis, Tenn., whence it proceeded to Lake Providence. During March and April it was stationed at Lake Providence, Milliken's Bend, and other points on the Mississippi near Vicksburg, taking an active part in the campaign in Mississippi preceding the siege of Vicksburg.
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