Battery "I" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery
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| Battery "I" 1st Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery | |
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| Active | August 29, 1862 to July 14, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Resaca Battle of New Hope Church Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Peachtree Creek |
The Battery "I" Michigan Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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.
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 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 42 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 47 fatalities.[2]
Commanders
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Notes
- ↑ http://www.michiganinthewar.org/rosters.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 3, 2007)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1sti.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 3, 2007)
- ↑ http://www.lat34north.com/HistoricMarkers/CivilWar/EventDetailsSub.cfm?EventKey=Details18640720_PeachtreeCreek_UOB.cfm The Federal Forces Engaged
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