13th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery explained

Unit Name:	13th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery
Dates:	January 20, 1864, to August 1, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Artillery

The 13th Independent Michigan Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

Battery "M" was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and mustered into service on January 20, 1864. The battery was mounted and used to fight guerrillas and on patrol duty on February 27, 1865.

The battery was mustered out on July 1, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 257 men on its muster rolls.^[1]

The battery 1 enlisted man killed in action or mortally wounded and 13 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 14fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Captain Callahan O'Riordan^[3]

See also

• List of Michigan Civil War Units
• Michigan in the American Civil War

Notes

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-07-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704205245/http://www.michiganinthewar.org/rosters.htm . 2007-07-04 . Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007
2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiarty.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
3. http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/13th.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007)

References

• The Civil War Archive