7th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery

7th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
Active	October 4, 1861, to July 6, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Battle of Brice's Crossroads

The 7th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Badger State Flying Artillery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 7th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on October 4, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on July 6, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The 7th Independent Battery initially recruited 158 officers and men. An additional 94 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 252 men.^[1]

The battery suffered 1 officer and 9 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 19 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 29 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Captain Richard R. Griffth
• Captain Harry S. Lee
• Captain Arthur B. Wheelock^[3]

See also

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

Notes

1. "1907 Wisconsin Blue Book - Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion". Archived from the original on 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-04-19. 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=1379 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886.

References

• The Civil War Archive