1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery

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| image = 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery Battle Flag.jpg

| caption = 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery Battle Flag

| dates = November 21, 1861, to July 1, 1865

| country = United States

| allegiance = Union

| branch = Artillery

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| battles = American Civil War

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The 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was a Minnesota USV artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. on November 21, 1861.

The 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was mustered out at St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 1, 1865.

Commanders

Captain Emil Munch - November 7, 1861, to December 25, 1862
Captain William Z. Clayton - December 25, 1862, to July 1, 1865.

Casualties and total strength

The 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery lost 1 officer and 7 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and 1 officer and 29 enlisted men died of disease. Total fatalities were 38.[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm History – Minnesota Cavalry]

Battles and Campaigns

The 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery took part in the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. They served in the 4th Division of the 17th U.S. Army Corps.Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion On 5 March 1864, Captain Clayton exchanged the old guns, two 12-pound howitzers, and two 6-pound rifled guns, caliber 3.67, for four new rifled 3-inch Rodman's guns. The 3-inch Rodman guns were actually 3-inch ordnance rifles.[http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=697/ 1st Minnesota Light Artillery in the Atlanta Campaign May-Sept. 1864]

References

{{Cite book |editor1-first=C. C. |editor1-last=Andrews |editor1-link=Christopher Columbus Andrews |publisher = Printed for the state by the Pioneer Press Co |location = St. Paul, Minn |title = Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865 |date = 1891 |ol=7088819M }}

External links

[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm The Civil War Archive Website]
[http://www.mnhs.org/library/Christie/intropage.html Civil War letters of Thomas and William Christie] who were part of the 1st MN Light Artillery
[http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=697/ 1st Minnesota Light Artillery in the Atlanta Campaign May-Sept. 1864]
[http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=863/ 1st Minnesota Light Artillery at Shiloh and Corinth]
[http://sites.mnhs.org/civil-war/ Minnesota Historical Society page on Minnesota and the Civil War]