Battery "C" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery

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Battery "C" 1st Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery
Michigan state flag
Active	November 23, 1861 to June 22, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Equipment	10 pdr Parrott rifles
Engagements	Battle of Iuka Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain March to the Sea

The Battery "C" Michigan Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

Battery "C" was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan between November 23 and December 17, 1861. The battery was mustered into Federal service on November 28, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on June 22, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 235 men on its muster rolls.^[1]

The battery lost 3 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 34 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 37 fatalities.^[2]

[edit] Commanders

• Captain Alexander W. Dees^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of Michigan Civil War Units
• Michigan in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.michiganinthewar.org/rosters.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved June 3, 2007)
2. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiarty.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. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
3. ^ http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stc.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved June 3, 2007)

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive