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Battery "G" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Artillery

Allegiance
  
Union

Active
  
January 17, 1862 to August 6, 1865

Engagements
  
Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion Hill Battle of Big Black River Siege of Vicksburg

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

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Service

Battery "G" was organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan and mustered into service on January 17, 1862.

The battery was mustered out on August 6, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 320 men on its muster rolls.

The battery lost 4 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 41 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 46 fatalities.

Commanders

  • Captain Charles H. Lamphere
  • References

    Battery "G" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery Wikipedia