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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 2nd Independent Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery was organized at Fort Snelling on Minnesota, March 21, 1862. It mustered out on August 16, 1865 at St. Paul, Minnesota.<br> | The 2nd Independent Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery was organized at Fort Snelling on Minnesota, March 21, 1862. It mustered out on August 16, 1865 at St. Paul, Minnesota.<br> | ||
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For more information on this regiment see the following: | For more information on this regiment see the following: | ||
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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
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=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
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*Carley, Kenneth, and Richard Moe. ''Minnesota in the Civil War: An Illustrated History.'' (Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2000). Book of battle histories, photographs, short biographies and a roster of the different regiments with their officers, beginning on page 204. [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVGGlRF5v3wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Minnesota+in+the+Civil+war&source=bl&ots=MAk4HKW2UF&sig=QYhra4ptXvKD9mefiKi5mAWnRC4&hl=en&ei=he_mTKnkJ4j6sAPlmbmxCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google book] (Not all pages are shown). [http://www.worldcat.org/title/minnesota-in-the-civil-war-an-illustrated-history/oclc/144563813&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book].<br> | *Carley, Kenneth, and Richard Moe. ''Minnesota in the Civil War: An Illustrated History.'' (Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2000). Book of battle histories, photographs, short biographies and a roster of the different regiments with their officers, beginning on page 204. [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVGGlRF5v3wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Minnesota+in+the+Civil+war&source=bl&ots=MAk4HKW2UF&sig=QYhra4ptXvKD9mefiKi5mAWnRC4&hl=en&ei=he_mTKnkJ4j6sAPlmbmxCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google book] (Not all pages are shown). [http://www.worldcat.org/title/minnesota-in-the-civil-war-an-illustrated-history/oclc/144563813&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book].<br> | ||
[[Category:Minnesota_- | [[Category:Minnesota_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||