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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Michigan|Michigan]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Michigan Military Records|Michigan Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Michigan in the Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery'' | |||
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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
Batteries organized and mustered out at various times. | Batteries organized and mustered out at various times. See information on each Battery below for a brief history of that Battery<br> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
Histories for each Battery in the 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery is from the website [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors]<ref name="cwss">National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]: (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>. | |||
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. | |||
Battery " | Battery "A" 1st Regiment Light Artillery. ("Loomis' Battery," "Coldwater Artillery." <br>Mustered in: May 28, 1861 at Coldwater, Michigan. <br>Length of service: Battery reorganized for three years service. <br>Mustered out: July 12, 1865, at Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "A" see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/batta.htm "Michigan in the Civi War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Branch and Kent Counties - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1sta.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery " | Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan., September 10 to December 14, 1861. Mustered out: June 14, 1865 at Detroit Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1292455377546_169" />"B" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battb.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Wayne and Kent Counties - see [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stb.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery " | Battery "C" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Mustered in: November 28, 1861 Grand Rapids, Michigan. <br>Mustered out: at Detroit, Michigan, June 22, 1865. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "C: - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battc.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Allegan and Jackson Counties - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stc.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery " | Battery "D" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: White Pigeon, Michigan, September 17 to December 7, 1861. <br>Mustered out: August 3, 1865 Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "D" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battd.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Branch County - see- [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1std.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery " | Battery "E" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at Grand Rapids, Albion and Marshall, Michigan. Mustered in December 6, 1861. Mustered out July 30, 1865 at Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "E" -see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/batte.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Kent County - see- [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1ste.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery " | Battery "F" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Detroit and Coldwater, Michigan. Mustered in January 9, 1862. Mustered out July 1, 1865 at Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "F" -see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battf.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Branch County - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stf.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery "H" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at Monroe, Michigan. Mustered in March 6, 1862 <br>Mustered out Jackson, Michigan, July 22, 1865. <br>Brief | Battery "G" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mustered in: January 17, 1862. <br> Mustered out August 6, 1865 Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "G" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battg.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Branch and St. Joseph Counties - see- [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stg.htm Roster]<br><br>Battery "H" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Monroe, Michigan. Mustered in: March 6, 1862 <br>Mustered out: Jackson, Michigan, July 22, 1865. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "H" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/batth.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from St. Clair County - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1sth.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery "I" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in August 29, 1862. <br>Mustered out July 14, 1865 at Detroit, Michigan. <br>Brief | Battery "I" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: August 29, 1862. <br>Mustered out: July 14, 1865 at Detroit, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "I" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/batti.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Lenawee County - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1sti.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery "K" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich., November 21, 1862, to February 20, 1863 <br>Mustered out July 22, 1865, Detroit, Michigan. <br>Brief | Battery "K" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., November 21, 1862, to February 20, 1863 <br>Mustered out: July 22, 1865, Detroit, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "K" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battk.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Detroit, Wayne County - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stk.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery "L" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at Coldwater, Michigan. | Battery "L" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Coldwater, Michigan. Mustered in: April 11, 1863 <br>Mustered out: August 22, 1865, Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "L" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battl.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Kent and Branch Counties - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stl.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Battery "M" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at Detroit, Mt. Clemens and Dearborn, Michigan and organization completed June 30, 1863. Mustered out August 1, 1865, Jackson, Michigan. <br>Brief | Battery "M" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Organized at: Detroit, Mt. Clemens and Dearborn, Michigan and organization completed June 30, 1863. Mustered out: August 1, 1865, Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of Battery "M" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battm.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from Wayne County - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stm.htm Roster]<br> | ||
Michigan 13th Battery <br>Organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan | Michigan 13th Battery <br>Organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan and muster in 20 January 1864. They were mustered out 1 July 1865 at Jackson, Michigan.<br>For a brief history of the 13th Battery - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/batt13.htm Michigan in the Civil War Website]<br>Many men in this Battery from Wayne County - see -[http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/13th.htm Roster] | ||
Michigan 14th Battery <br>Organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan | Michigan 14th Battery <br>Organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan and mustered in 5 January 1864. They were mustered out 5 July 1865 at Jackson, Michigan. <br>For a Brief History of the 14th Battalion - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/batt14.htm Michigan in the Civil War website]<br>Many men from Kalamazoo, Michigan- see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/14th.htm Roster] | ||
Unassigned men<br>Many men from | Unassigned men<br>Many men from Wayne and Kent Counties - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stun.htm Roster] | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
*[ | *Johnson, Crisfield. History of Branch County, Michigan With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Philadelphia: Everts & Abbott, 1879.) Pages 85-90 [http://tinyurl.com/4lvq523 google]. [http://tinyurl.com/4mu5w9m Other Libraries.] {{FHL|690859|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6072219}}Battery A | ||
* | *Lindquist, Kris. [http://robinsonsbattery.org/1701.html Robinson's Battery ](accessed March 30, 2011) Biographies of men in Battery C. Has a Roster and history of battles. | ||
* | *Genco, James G., and Harold James Bartlett. To the Sound of Musketry and Tap of the Drum: A History of Michigan's Battery D Through the Letters of Artificer Harold J. Bartlett, 1861-1864 (Rochester, Mich: R. Russell-Books, 1983) . | ||
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1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery
Brief History[edit | edit source]
Batteries organized and mustered out at various times. See information on each Battery below for a brief history of that Battery
Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin[edit | edit source]
Histories for each Battery in the 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery is from the website Civil War Soldiers and Sailors[1].
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.
Battery "A" 1st Regiment Light Artillery. ("Loomis' Battery," "Coldwater Artillery."
Mustered in: May 28, 1861 at Coldwater, Michigan.
Length of service: Battery reorganized for three years service.
Mustered out: July 12, 1865, at Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "A" see - "Michigan in the Civi War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Branch and Kent Counties - see - Roster
Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan., September 10 to December 14, 1861. Mustered out: June 14, 1865 at Detroit Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "B" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Wayne and Kent Counties - see Roster
Battery "C" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Mustered in: November 28, 1861 Grand Rapids, Michigan. <br>Mustered out: at Detroit, Michigan, June 22, 1865.
For a Brief History of Battery "C: - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Allegan and Jackson Counties - see - Roster
Battery "D" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: White Pigeon, Michigan, September 17 to December 7, 1861. <br>Mustered out: August 3, 1865 Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "D" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Branch County - see- Roster
Battery "E" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at Grand Rapids, Albion and Marshall, Michigan. Mustered in December 6, 1861. Mustered out July 30, 1865 at Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "E" -see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Kent County - see- Roster
Battery "F" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Detroit and Coldwater, Michigan. Mustered in January 9, 1862. Mustered out July 1, 1865 at Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "F" -see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Branch County - see - Roster
Battery "G" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mustered in: January 17, 1862. <br> Mustered out August 6, 1865 Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "G" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Branch and St. Joseph Counties - see- Roster
Battery "H" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Monroe, Michigan. Mustered in: March 6, 1862
Mustered out: Jackson, Michigan, July 22, 1865.
For a Brief History of Battery "H" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from St. Clair County - see - Roster
Battery "I" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Detroit, Michigan. Mustered in: August 29, 1862.
Mustered out: July 14, 1865 at Detroit, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "I" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Lenawee County - see - Roster
Battery "K" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Grand Rapids, Mich., November 21, 1862, to February 20, 1863
Mustered out: July 22, 1865, Detroit, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "K" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Detroit, Wayne County - see - Roster
Battery "L" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Coldwater, Michigan. Mustered in: April 11, 1863
Mustered out: August 22, 1865, Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "L" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Kent and Branch Counties - see - Roster
Battery "M" 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Organized at: Detroit, Mt. Clemens and Dearborn, Michigan and organization completed June 30, 1863. Mustered out: August 1, 1865, Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of Battery "M" - see - "Michigan in the Civil War Website"
Many Men in this Battery from Wayne County - see - Roster
Michigan 13th Battery
Organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan and muster in 20 January 1864. They were mustered out 1 July 1865 at Jackson, Michigan.
For a brief history of the 13th Battery - see - Michigan in the Civil War Website
Many men in this Battery from Wayne County - see -Roster
Michigan 14th Battery
Organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan and mustered in 5 January 1864. They were mustered out 5 July 1865 at Jackson, Michigan.
For a Brief History of the 14th Battalion - see - Michigan in the Civil War website
Many men from Kalamazoo, Michigan- see - Roster
Unassigned men
Many men from Wayne and Kent Counties - see - Roster
Other Sources[edit | edit source]
- Johnson, Crisfield. History of Branch County, Michigan With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Philadelphia: Everts & Abbott, 1879.) Pages 85-90 google. Other Libraries. FHL Fiche 6072219Battery A
- Lindquist, Kris. Robinson's Battery (accessed March 30, 2011) Biographies of men in Battery C. Has a Roster and history of battles.
- Genco, James G., and Harold James Bartlett. To the Sound of Musketry and Tap of the Drum: A History of Michigan's Battery D Through the Letters of Artificer Harold J. Bartlett, 1861-1864 (Rochester, Mich: R. Russell-Books, 1983) .
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: (accessed 6 December 2010).