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Battery C, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment

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The Battery "C" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ActiveNovember 23, 1861 to June 22, 1865
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
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Battery "C" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment
ActiveNovember 23, 1861 to June 22, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
Equipment10 pdr Parrott rifles
EngagementsBattle of Iuka
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
March to the Sea
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Battery "C" was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan between November 23 and December 17, 1861. The battery was mustered into Federal service on November 28, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on June 22, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 235 men on its muster rolls.[1]

The battery lost 3 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 34 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 37 fatalities.[2]

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