2nd Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
| 2nd Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
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Wisconsin flag | |
| Active | October 10, 1861 to July 10, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | Dix's Peninsula Campaign |
The 2nd Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 2nd Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin on October 10, 1861.
The battery was mustered out on July 10, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The 2nd Independent Battery initially recruited 153 officers and men. An additional 42 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 195 men.[1]
The regiment suffered 12 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 12 fatalities.[2]
Commanders
See also
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, Wisconsin 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=1359 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.
References
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