Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment

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

Battery "D" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment
Michigan state flag
ActiveSeptember 17, 1861 to August 3, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
Equipment10 pdr Parrott rifles
EngagementsBattle of Perryville
Battle of Stones River
Battle of Chickamauga

Service

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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

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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

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  • 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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)
  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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