5th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery

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Regimental History and Service Record

Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 15, 1862. Moved to Sykestown March 19, thence to New Madrid, Mo., and report to Gen. Pope March 19. Attached to Artillery Division, Army of Mississippi, to May, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, October, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July 1864. Artillery Brigade, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty in the fortifications of New Madrid end Island No. 10 until April 19, 1862. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 19-28. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Moved to Jacinto, thence to Ripley June 23-29, and duty there until August 14. Moved to Iuka, Miss., August 14, thence march to Nashville, Tenn., August 21-September 3. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg September 23-26. Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-15.

March to Nashville, Tenn., October 19-November 6, and duty there until December 26. Wilson's Creek Pike December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Expedition to Franklin January 31-February 12. Reconnaissance from Salem to Versailles March 9-14. Operations on Edgefild Pike June 4. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

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Regiment Statistical Information

  • Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 18 Enlisted men by disease. Total 25.

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