4th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
| 4th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
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| Active | October 10, 1861 to July 3, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements |
Battle of Drury's Bluff Siege of Petersburg Battle of New Market Heights Battle of Fair Oaks Battle of Five Forks |
The 4th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 4th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin on October 10, 1861.
The battery was mustered out on July 3, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The 4th Independent Battery initially recruited 151 officers and men. An additional 100 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 251 men.[1]
The battery suffered 3 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 22 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.[2]
Commanders
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-04-19. 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=1362 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.
References
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