Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment
| Battery "D" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment | |
|---|---|
 Michigan state flag | |
| Active | September 17, 1861 to August 3, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Equipment | 10 pdr Parrott rifles |
| Engagements | Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga |
The Battery "D" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]Battery "D" was organized at Coldwater, Michigan between September 17, 1861 and December 9, 1862.
Battery was engaged at: Hoover's Gap, Tn / Chickamauga, Ga / Chattanooga, Tn / Mission Ridge, Tn/ Nashville, Tn
The battery was mustered out on August 3, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
[edit]The battery lost 2 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 39 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 41 fatalities.[1]
Total Enrollment—334..... Killed in Action—1..... Died of Wounds—1..... Died of Disease—39
Total Casualty Rate—11.9%[2]
Commanders
[edit]- Captain Alonzo F. Bidwell[3]
- Captain Josiah W. Church (Captain Bidwell having resigned on August 2, 1862.)[2]
- Captain H.B. Corbin (Captain Church having been promoted to major in the regiment on March 3, 1864)
- Captain Jesse Fuller (July 15, 1865, until they were mustered out in Jackson, Michigan, on August 3, 1865)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved June 3, 2007)