13th Independent Battery Michigan Light Artillery

13th Independent Battery Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery
	Michigan state flag
Active	January 20, 1864, to August 1, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery

The 13th Independent Battery Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

Battery "M" was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and mustered into service on January 20, 1864. The battery was mounted and used to fight guerrillas and on patrol duty on February 27, 1865.

The battery was mustered out on July 1, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 257 men on its muster rolls.[1]

The battery 1 enlisted man killed in action or mortally wounded and 13 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 14 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

Captain Callahan O'Riordan[3]

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Notes

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007
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 July 4, 2007.
http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/13th.htm Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007)

References

The Civil War Archive

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007

[2] ttp://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 July 4, 2007.

[3] ttp://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/13th.htm Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007)