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Battery E, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment

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Battery "E" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment
Michigan state flag
ActiveDecember 6, 1861 to July 30, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
EngagementsBattle of Nashville

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

Service

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Battery "E" was organized at Grand Rapids, Albion, and Marshall, Michigan and was mustered into service on December 6, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on July 30, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 333 men on its muster rolls.[1]

The battery lost 33 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 33 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 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved June 3, 2007)

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