12th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
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| 12th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
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 Wisconsin flag |
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| Active | February and March, 1862 to June 26, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | siege of Corinth Battle of Iuka Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Raymond Battle of Jackson Battle of Champion's Hill Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Bentonville |
The 12th 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 12th Independent Battery was mustered into service at St. Louis, Missouri in February, 1862 as a part of a Missouri light artillery regiment under the authority of Governor Henry but was transferred to Wisconsin state service.
The battery was mustered out on June 26, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The 12th Independent Battery initially recruited 99 officers and men. An additional 212 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 311 men.[1]
The battery suffered 1 officer and 10 enlistedmen killed in action or died or wounds and 23 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 34 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Captain William A. Pile
- Captain William Zickerick[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=1398 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.
