1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery: Difference between revisions

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.<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=inzhAAAAMAAJdq=12th+michigan+infantryhl=enei=Y3UnTpuAIZC2sAPUl9iNCQsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=5ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepageq=12th%20michigan%20infantryf=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>  

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 -&nbsp;[http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/batt14.htm Michigan in the Civil War website]<br>Many men from [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan|Kalamazoo County]], Michigan- see - [http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/14th.htm Roster]  

=== Other Sources  ===