1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery

1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
Active	October 10, 1861, to July 18, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Battle of Port Gibson; Battle of Champion Hill; Siege of Jackson; Red River Campaign

The 1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

Wisconsin Light Artillery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The 1st Independent Battery was mustered into service at La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 10, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on July 18, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The 1st Independent Battery initially recruited 155 officers and men. An additional 114 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 269 men.[1]

The battery suffered five enlisted men killed or died from wounds in action, and one officer and 22 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 28 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

Captain Jacob T. Foster
Captain Daniel Webster[3]

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Notes

"1907-5-WICW". Archived from the original on 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-04-19. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published Under the Direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison, Wisconsin 1907
http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiarty.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.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1406 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.

References

The Civil War Archive

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[1] "1907-5-WICW". Archived from the original on 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-04-19. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published Under the Direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison, Wisconsin 1907

[2] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiarty.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.

[3] ttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1406 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.