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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 3rd Independent Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery was organized at Fort Snelling, Minnesota from the enlisted men of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Regiments, Minnesota Infantry. This occured from February 2 to May 1, 1863. The 1st Section mustered out at Fort Abercrombie, and the rest of the Battery mustered out at Fort Wadsworth by 27 February, 1866. <br> | The 3rd Independent Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery was organized at Fort Snelling, Minnesota from the enlisted men of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Regiments, Minnesota Infantry. This occured from February 2 to May 1, 1863. The 1st Section mustered out at Fort Abercrombie, and the rest of the Battery mustered out at Fort Wadsworth by 27 February, 1866. <br> | ||
For more information on this regiment see the following: | For more information on this regiment see the following: | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Minnesota_Light_Artillery_Battery Wikipedia], (accessed 9 Dec 2010) article on the 3rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery.<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Minnesota_Light_Artillery_Battery Wikipedia], (accessed 9 Dec 2010) article on the 3rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery.<br> | ||
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmnarty.htm#3rdlight The Civil War Archives]. (accessed 9 Dec 2010) Brief history of 3rd Independent Battery Light Artillery.<br> | *[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmnarty.htm#3rdlight The Civil War Archives]. (accessed 9 Dec 2010) Brief history of 3rd Independent Battery Light Artillery.<br> | ||
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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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*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> | ||
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