10th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
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| 10th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
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 Wisconsin flag |
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| Active | February 10, 1862 to September 30, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | siege of Corinth Battle of Stone's River Battle of Resaca Battle of Jonesboro Battle of Aiken Battle of Monroe's Crossroads Battle of Bentonville |
The 10th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 10th Independent Battery was mustered into service at New Lisbon, Wisconsin on February 10, 1862.
The men who did not reenlist were mustered out on April 26, 1865 in Madison, Wisconsin while the remainder were transferred to the 12th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery on April 20, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The 10th Independent Battery initially recruited 47 officers and men. An additional 121 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 168 men.[1]
The battery suffered 3 enlistedmen killed in action or died or wounds and 25 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 28 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Captain Yates V. Beebe[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published Under the Direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison, WI 1907
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiarty.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1392 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.
