Battery "I" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery

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Battery "I" 1st Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery
Michigan state flag
Active	August 29, 1862 to July 14, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

The Battery "I" 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 "I" was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into service on August 29, 1862.

The battery was mustered out on July 14, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 336 men on its muster rolls.^[1]

The battery lost 2 officers and 3 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 42 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 47 fatalities.^[2]

[edit] Commanders

• Captain Jabez J. Daniels^[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 July 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/1sti.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 3, 2007)

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive