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11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery

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11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
ActiveFebruary 22, 1862 – February 1862
Country United States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery

The 11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 11th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Madison, Wisconsin, on February 22, 1862. Later in the month it was transferred to Illinois service as Battery "L," 1st Illinois Light Artillery.

Total strength and casualties

The 11th Independent Battery initially recruited 87 officers and men. An additional 8 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 95 men.[1]

The battery suffered 3 enlisted men killed in action or died of their wounds and 2 enlisted men who died of disease or accident, for a total of 5 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-04-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 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
  2. ^ Beck, ed. 1907.
  3. ^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1396 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.

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