Battery "L" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery

Battery "L" 1st Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery
	Michigan state flag
Active	April 11, 1863 to August 22, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery

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

Service

Battery "L" was organized at Coldwater, Michigan and mustered into service on April 11, 1863.

The battery was mustered out on August 22, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 209 men on its muster rolls.[1]

The battery endured 29 fatalities; one soldier killed in action and one officer and 27 enlisted men who died of disease.[2]

Commanders

Captain Charles J. Thompson[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 3, 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 June 19, 2007.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-07-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 3, 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 3, 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 June 19, 2007.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-07-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 3, 2007)