Battery G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment

The Battery "G" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Battery "G" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment
Michigan state flag
ActiveJanuary 17, 1862 to August 6, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
EngagementsBattle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg

Service

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Battery "G" was organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan and mustered into service on January 17, 1862.

The battery was mustered out on August 6, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 320 men on its muster rolls.[1]

The battery lost 4 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 41 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 46 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 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. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved June 3, 2007)

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