The Battery "L" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service Battery "L" was organized at Coldwater, Michigan and mustered into service on April 11, 1863.
The battery was mustered out on August 22, 1865.
Total strength and casualties Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 209 men on its muster rolls. Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 3, 2007)
The battery endured 29 fatalities; one soldier killed in action and one officer and 27 enlisted men who died of disease.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiarty.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. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
Commanders Captain Charles J. Thompson Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 3, 2007)
See also List of Michigan Civil War units Michigan in the American Civil War
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References The Civil War Archive