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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 5,815 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UMI0001RAL Roster].


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>.  
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>.  
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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 Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from [[Branch County, Michigan|Branch County]] and [[Kent County, Michigan|Kent County]] - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1sta.htm Roster]<br>  
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 Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from [[Branch County, Michigan|Branch County]] and [[Kent County, Michigan|Kent County]] - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1sta.htm Roster]<br>  


Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery (Ross's Battery) - Captain William H. Ross<ref>Michigan. Shiloh Soldiers' Monument Commission. ''Michigan at Shiloh''. (Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission, 1920). [http://books.google.com/books?id=inzhAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA8&amp;dq=12th+michigan+infantry&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=Y3UnTpuAIZC2sAPUl9iNCQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=5&amp;ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&amp;q=12th%20michigan%20infantry&amp;f=false Google Books]</ref><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 "B" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battb.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] and [[Kent County, Michigan|Kent County]] - see [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stb.htm Roster]<br>  
Battery "B" 1st Regiment Light Artillery (Ross's Battery) - Captain William H. Ross<ref>Michigan. Shiloh Soldiers' Monument Commission. ''Michigan at Shiloh''. (Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission, 1920). [http://books.google.com/books?id=inzhAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA8&amp;amp;dq=12th+michigan+infantry&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=Y3UnTpuAIZC2sAPUl9iNCQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=5&amp;amp;ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=12th%20michigan%20infantry&amp;amp;f=false Google Books]</ref><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 "B" - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/battb.htm "Michigan in the Civil War Website"] <br>Many Men in this Battery from [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] and [[Kent County, Michigan|Kent County]] - see [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stb.htm Roster]<br>  


Battery "C" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Mustered in: November 28, 1861 Grand Rapids, Michigan. 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 County, Michigan|Allegan County]] and [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson County]] - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stc.htm Roster]<br>  
Battery "C" 1st Regiment Light Artillery <br>Mustered in: November 28, 1861 Grand Rapids, Michigan. 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 County, Michigan|Allegan County]] and [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson County]] - see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/1stc.htm Roster]<br>