U.S. 3rd Div. 17th Corps Army of the Tennessee
8th Battery Michigan Light Artillery
Capt. Samuel DeGolyer
Lieut. Theodore Lockwood
The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles in this position from about May 25, to the end of the siege July 4, 1863, except that one 12 pounder howitzer, under Lieut. M. D. Elliott, was carried to the front almost daily from about June 20, and served in a position about 100 yards from Confederate 3rd Louisiana Redan. For a day or two prior to May 25, a detachment of the battery, under Captain Degolyer, served some of its pieces in a position close to the Confederate line, and near the Jackson Road. Battery fired 2409 rounds of ammunition during the siege aggregate reported casualties in battery, during the campaign and siege: killed 1, wounded 7, total 8; Captain Samuel Degolyer mortally wounded May 28
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