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968 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
Arrivins; at the outer defences of Savannah on the 12th and 13th of December, two sections of the battery were placed in position, 1,200 yards from the rebel works, and were heaAdly engaged. These sections retained position, under a lieaA^y fire from the euemy, uutil the 21st of December, at which date they entered the city.
Frank Wood and Alex. W. Eussell are reported as wounded at Savannah.
Leaving Savannah on the 14th of January, 1865, they moved, by transports, to Beaufort, ou Eort Eoyal Island, S. C, from Avhence they marched, with the Fifteenth Corps, through the Carolinas, being engaged with the enemy at Columbia and Ben- tonville, Avhere Eobert Shields was wounded, and reached Golds¬ boro on the 24th of March. From thence they marched to Ealeigh, and after Johnston's surrender, with the balance of Sherman's forces, took up the line of march for Eichmond and Washington. At the latter place, they took part in the grand revicAv on the 24th of May. They soon after started for Wiscon¬ sin, arriving at Madison on the 7th of June, and were mustered out of service on the 26th, the muster out to date from the day of their arrival.
Statistics.— Original strength, 99. Gain—by recruits in 1863, 86, in 1864, 121, in 1865, 2; substitutes, 3; reenlistments, 31; total, 342. Loss—by death, 30; missing, 1; deserted, 2; transferred, 81; discharged, 105 ; mustered out, 123.
THIRTEENTH BATTERY,
The organization of this battery was commenced in the summer of 1863, In November, seventy-one men, Avdth a First Lieuten¬ ant, were mustered into the United States service, A sufficient number of men were enlisted under the superintendance of Captain E. E. Griffith, and the organization was completed, and the men mustered in on the 29th of December, with the following officers:
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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 |
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| Title | 968 |
| Source Title | Light Artillery Batteries, chapter 54 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 13th 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 | 968 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. Arrivins; at the outer defences of Savannah on the 12th and 13th of December, two sections of the battery were placed in position, 1,200 yards from the rebel works, and were heaAdly engaged. These sections retained position, under a lieaA^y fire from the euemy, uutil the 21st of December, at which date they entered the city. Frank Wood and Alex. W. Eussell are reported as wounded at Savannah. Leaving Savannah on the 14th of January, 1865, they moved, by transports, to Beaufort, ou Eort Eoyal Island, S. C, from Avhence they marched, with the Fifteenth Corps, through the Carolinas, being engaged with the enemy at Columbia and Ben- tonville, Avhere Eobert Shields was wounded, and reached Golds¬ boro on the 24th of March. From thence they marched to Ealeigh, and after Johnston's surrender, with the balance of Sherman's forces, took up the line of march for Eichmond and Washington. At the latter place, they took part in the grand revicAv on the 24th of May. They soon after started for Wiscon¬ sin, arriving at Madison on the 7th of June, and were mustered out of service on the 26th, the muster out to date from the day of their arrival. Statistics.— Original strength, 99. Gain—by recruits in 1863, 86, in 1864, 121, in 1865, 2; substitutes, 3; reenlistments, 31; total, 342. Loss—by death, 30; missing, 1; deserted, 2; transferred, 81; discharged, 105 ; mustered out, 123. THIRTEENTH BATTERY, The organization of this battery was commenced in the summer of 1863, In November, seventy-one men, Avdth a First Lieuten¬ ant, were mustered into the United States service, A sufficient number of men were enlisted under the superintendance of Captain E. E. Griffith, and the organization was completed, and the men mustered in on the 29th of December, with the following officers: |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0993 |