| 5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery | |
|---|---|
| File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin flag | |
| Active | October 10, 1861 to June 6, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | siege of Corinth Battle of Perryville Battle of Stone's River Battle of Chickamauga Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Bentonville |
The 5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The 5th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin on October 10, 1861.
The battery was mustered out on June 6, 1865.
Total strength and casualties[]
The 5th Independent Battery initially recruited 155 officers and men. An additional 70 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 225 men.[1]
The battery suffered 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 1 officer and 18 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.[2]
Commanders[]
- Captain Oscar F. Pinney
- Captain Charles B. Humphrey
- Captain George Q. Gardner
- Captain Joseph McKnight[3]
See also[]
- List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
Notes[]
- ↑ http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 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, WI 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=1371 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.
References[]
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