12th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery

Artillery battery 12th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery, U.S. Volunteers Flag of Wisconsin (1866-1913).pngborder February and March, 1862 to June 26, 1865 United States Union Artillery siege of CorinthBattle of IukaBattle of Port GibsonBattle of RaymondBattle of JacksonBattle of Champion HillSiege of VicksburgBattle of AllatoonaBattle of Bentonville The 12th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 12th Independent Battery was mustered into service at St. Louis, Missouri, in February, 1862 as a part of a Missouri light artillery regiment under the authority of Governor Henry but was transferred to Wisconsin state service. The battery was mustered out on June 26, 1865. Total strength and casualties The 12th Independent Battery initially recruited 99 officers and men. An additional 212 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 311 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 1 officer and 10 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds, and 23 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 34 fatalities.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. Most of the battle losses occurred at the Battle of Allatoona Pass, October 5, 1864, where the 12th was the only Union artillery present. First Lieutenant Marcus Amsden, who commanded the battery in this fight, fell mortally wounded; Sergeant Sylvester Bartow, Corporal Alva P. Hamilton, and Private David C. Davey were killed in action, and Privates Charles C. Baker, Joseph W. Chase, and Samuel H. Doolittle also died of their wounds.'Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War', page 239: Wisconsin Historical Society https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/tp/id/41088 Commanders Captain William A. Pile - March 1, 1862 - July 18, 1862, when his commission was revokedhttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1398 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Volume I, p. 246. 2 vols. 1886. Captain William Zickerick - July 18, 1862 - June 7, 1865Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Volume I, p. 246. See also American Civil War List of Wisconsin Civil War units Wisconsin in the American Civil War Notes References The Civil War Archive Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Wisconsin Wisconsin Category:1862 establishments in Wisconsin