Battery "D" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery

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Country United States Branch Artillery		Allegiance Union Equipment 10 pdr Parrott rifles
Active September 17, 1861 to August 3, 1865 Engagements Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga

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

Service

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.

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.

Total Enrollment—334..... Killed in Action—1..... Died of Wounds—1..... Died of Disease—39

Total Casualty Rate—11.9%

Captain Alonzo F. Bidwell

Captain Josiah W. Church (Captain Bidwell having resigned on August 2, 1862. )

Captain H.B. Corbin (Captain H.B. Corbin (Captain Church having been promoted to Major in the regiment on the 3rd of March, 1864)

Captain Jesse Fuller (July 15, 1865 until they were mustered out in Jackson, Michigan on the 3rd of August 1865)

Captain Jack Wander (Captain Jack Wander (Captain Wander having been promoted to Major in the regiment on the 3rd of March, 1864)

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