5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
| 5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
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| Active | October 10, 1861, to June 6, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | Siege of Corinth Battle of Perryville Battle of Stone's River Battle of Chickamauga Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Bentonville |
The 5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 5th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on October 10, 1861.
The battery was mustered out on June 6, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The 5th Independent Battery initially recruited 155 officers and men. An additional 70 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 225 men.[1]
The battery suffered 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 1 officer and 18 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.[2]
Commanders
- Captain Oscar F. Pinney
- Captain Charles B. Humphrey
- Captain George Q. Gardner
- Captain Joseph McKnight[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ "1907 Wisconsin Blue Book - Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion". 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=1371 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.