18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery

A recruitment poster for the 18th Battery

The 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery also known as Lilly's Hoosier Battery and Lilly's Battery, was a civil war regiment formed in Indiana during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed at the end of 1860 by 22-year-old Eli Lilly, an Indianapolis pharmacist. He had recruitment posters placed around the city and recruited primarily among his friends and classmates. The unit contained six ten-pound Parrott rifled guns, and was manned by 150 men. The unit mustered in Indianapolis where it was drilled during 1861. Lilly was elected captain of the unit in August 1862 when the unit was deployed to join the Lightning Brigade commanded by Col. John T. Wilder.^[1]

The unit first saw action in the Battle of Hoover's Gap, and was later in the Second Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was enlisted for three years, and most members left the unit in the end of 1863. Several members, including Lilly reenlisted when their term expired, but were assigned to new units.^[1]

See also

• Eli Lilly
• List of Indiana Civil War regiments
• Indiana in the Civil War

Indiana Military Units in the Civil War
Heavy Artillery	1st Regiment
Light Artillery	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment 14th Regiment 15th Regiment 16th Regiment 17th Regiment 18th Regiment 19th Regiment 20th Regiment 21st Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Regiment 26th Regiment
Cavalry	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment Stewart's Company Bracken's Company Mounted Scouts (Independent Company)
Infantry (3 Month Enlistments)	6th Regiment) 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 54th Regiment
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See also: Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State and List of Indiana Civil War regiments

Indiana in the American Civil War
People	William A. Bowles Jesse D. Bright Ambrose Burnside Harrison H. Dodd Alvin P. Hovey Andrew Humphreys Lambdin P. Milligan Oliver P. Morton Francis A. Shoup Lew Wallace Indiana regiments
Places	Camp Joe Holt Camp Morton Jefferson General Hospital Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot Military Park New Albany National Cemetery
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See also: Indianapolis in the American Civil War

Notes

References

• Madison, James H (1989). Eli Lilly: A Life, 1885–1977. Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 0-87195-047-2. 

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