9th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
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| 9th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
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| Active | January 27, 1862 to September 30, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | Battle of Charlot |
The 9th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Lyons' Pinery Battery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 9th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Burlington, Wisconsin on January 27, 1862.
The battery was mustered out on September 30, 1865 at Fort Leavenworth.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The 9th Independent Battery initially recruited 155 officers and men. An additional 63 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 218 men.[1]
The battery suffered 6 enlistedmen men who died of disease, for a total of 6 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Captain Cyrus H. Johnson
- Captain James H. Dodge[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=1388 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.
