11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery

11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery Flag of Wisconsin (1866-1913).pngborder February 22, 1862 – February 1862 United States United States of America 23px 1861 Union Artillery The 11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 11th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Madison, Wisconsin, on February 22, 1862. Later in the month it was transferred to Illinois service as Battery "L," 1st Illinois Light Artillery. Total strength and casualties The 11th Independent Battery initially recruited 87 officers and men. An additional 8 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 95 men.http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 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 The battery suffered 3 enlisted men killed in action or died of their wounds and 2 enlisted men who died of disease or accident, for a total of 5 fatalities.Beck, ed. 1907. Commanders Captain John Rourkehttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1396 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886. He went by O'Rourke and by Rourke. The Capt. John O'Rourke House in Plattsmouth, Nebraska is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See also American Civil War List of Wisconsin Civil War units Wisconsin in the American Civil War References 30em References The Civil War Archive Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1862 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Wisconsin Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:1862 establishments in Wisconsin Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War