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FIFTH BATTERY—IN SHERMAN'S GRAND MARCH. 945
The Fifth Battery accompanied the moA^ement of Sherman's forces in pursuit of Hood in his raid on the former General's communication. Eeturning to Eome, Ga, themen Averereclothed and the battery refitted. On the 12th of November, they moA^ed to Atlanta, and on the 15th, joined with Sherman's forces, accom panying the Fourteenth Army Corps in the march to SaA'anuah, where it arrived aud took position in the lines before Savannah on the 13tli of December. The march was resumed, the battery being occasionally placed in position, without entering iuto any general engagement, aud the army arrived at Goldsboro, from thence marched to Ealeigh, and thence to Washington, Avhere it took part in the Grand EeAUCAV of the 24th of Ma}', 1865, after which, they moved into camp and remained until ordered to Wisconsin to be discharged. They arrived at Madison, Wis,, on the 6th of June, and Avere mustered out of service on the 14th, to date from the date of their arrival.
Statistics.— Original strength, 155. Gain — by recruits in 1863, 5, iu 1864, 64, in 1865, 1; reenlistments, 74; total, 304. Loss — by death, 24; deserted, 1; transferred, 5; discharged, 61; mustered out, 213.
SIXTH BATTERY.
The Sixth Battery was recruited and organized under the supervision of Captain Henry Dillon, of Lone Eock, and was mustered iuto the United States service at Eacine, on the 2d of October, 186L It remained at Camp Utley until the 15th of March, 1862, when it left the state with orders to report at St. Louis. It was officered as follows:
Captain —HENRY DILLON.
First Lieutena7it—SamveXj F. Clark; Junior First Lieutenant—Thos. R. Hood ; Second Lieutena7U—John AV. Fancher; Ju7iior Second Lieutenant —Ganxei. T. Noyes; Surgeon — Clarkson Miller.
They arrived at St. Louis on the 16|;h, and on the 19th, em¬ barked, and proceeded to Cairo, thence crossed to Bird's Eoint, and proceeded by rail to SykestoAvn, on the Cairo aud Fulton 60
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| Title | Light Artillery Batteries, chapter 54 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Source Title | Light Artillery Batteries, chapter 54 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 1st Light Artillery; 2nd Light Artillery; 3rd Light Artillery; 4th Light Artillery; 5th Light Artillery; 6th Light Artillery; 7th Light Artillery; 8th Light Artillery; 9th Light Artillery; 10th Light Artillery; 11th Light Artillery; 12th Light Artillery; 13th Light Artillery; |
| Author/Creator | Quiner, E. B. (Edwin Bentley), d. 1868. |
| Description | This is an excerpt from E.B. Quiner's thousand-page volume, The Military History of Wisconsin: a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous, regimental histories, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the Legislature and state officers, etc. (Chicago: Clarke & co., 1866). Because the entire work is so unwieldy and most users want to consult only a single chapter, we have divided it into smaller portions covering discrete topics. The entire work is online at Google Books and the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) in the most popular ereader formats. |
| Subcollection | Regimental Histories |
| Source Type | history |
| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Source Creation Date | 1866 |
| Source Publisher | Clarke & Co. |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0000zv |
Description
| Title | 945 |
| Source Title | Light Artillery Batteries, chapter 54 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 6th Light Artillery |
| Source Type | history |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | FIFTH BATTERY—IN SHERMAN'S GRAND MARCH. 945 The Fifth Battery accompanied the moA^ement of Sherman's forces in pursuit of Hood in his raid on the former General's communication. Eeturning to Eome, Ga, themen Averereclothed and the battery refitted. On the 12th of November, they moA^ed to Atlanta, and on the 15th, joined with Sherman's forces, accom panying the Fourteenth Army Corps in the march to SaA'anuah, where it arrived aud took position in the lines before Savannah on the 13tli of December. The march was resumed, the battery being occasionally placed in position, without entering iuto any general engagement, aud the army arrived at Goldsboro, from thence marched to Ealeigh, and thence to Washington, Avhere it took part in the Grand EeAUCAV of the 24th of Ma}', 1865, after which, they moved into camp and remained until ordered to Wisconsin to be discharged. They arrived at Madison, Wis,, on the 6th of June, and Avere mustered out of service on the 14th, to date from the date of their arrival. Statistics.— Original strength, 155. Gain — by recruits in 1863, 5, iu 1864, 64, in 1865, 1; reenlistments, 74; total, 304. Loss — by death, 24; deserted, 1; transferred, 5; discharged, 61; mustered out, 213. SIXTH BATTERY. The Sixth Battery was recruited and organized under the supervision of Captain Henry Dillon, of Lone Eock, and was mustered iuto the United States service at Eacine, on the 2d of October, 186L It remained at Camp Utley until the 15th of March, 1862, when it left the state with orders to report at St. Louis. It was officered as follows: Captain —HENRY DILLON. First Lieutena7it—SamveXj F. Clark; Junior First Lieutenant—Thos. R. Hood ; Second Lieutena7U—John AV. Fancher; Ju7iior Second Lieutenant —Ganxei. T. Noyes; Surgeon — Clarkson Miller. They arrived at St. Louis on the 16|;h, and on the 19th, em¬ barked, and proceeded to Cairo, thence crossed to Bird's Eoint, and proceeded by rail to SykestoAvn, on the Cairo aud Fulton 60 |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0970 |