6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
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| 6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
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 Wisconsin flag |
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| Active | October 2, 1861 to July 3, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | siege of Corinth Battle of Corinth Battle of Port Gibson Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Nashville |
The 6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Buena Vista Artillery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 6th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin on October 2, 1861.
The battery was mustered out on July 3, 1865 at Madison, Wisconsin.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The 6th Independent Battery initially recruited 157 officers and men. An additional 85 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 242 men.[1]
The battery suffered 1 officer and 6 enlistedmen men killed in action or died of wounds and 22 enlistedmen men who died of disease, for a total of 29 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Captain Henry Dillon
- Captain Thomas R. Hood[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=1375 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.
