4th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery explained

Unit Name:	4th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
Dates:	October 10, 1861, to July 3, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Artillery
Battles:	Battle of Drewry's Bluff Siege of Petersburg Battle of New Market Heights Battle of Fair Oaks Battle of Five Forks

The 4th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 4th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on October 10, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on July 3, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The 4th Independent Battery initially recruited 151 officers and men. An additional 100 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 251men.^[1]

The battery suffered 3 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 22 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Captain John F. Vallee
• Captain George B. Easterly
• Captain Dorman L. Noggle^[3]

Notable people

• William Penn Powers, son of David J. Powers, was a first lieutenant. He was previously enlisted in the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment.

See also

• List of Wisconsin Civil War units
• Wisconsin in the American Civil War

Notes

1. Web site: 1907 Wisconsin Blue Book - Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion . 2007-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070326062654/http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html . 2007-03-26 . The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published Under the Direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison, Wisconsin 1907
2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiarty.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.
3. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1362 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.

References

• The Civil War Archive