- 3rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 3rd Minnesota Independent Battery Light Artillery
caption=Flag of Minnesota
dates=February 1 ,1863 toFebruary 27 ,1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Artillery
equipment=
colonels_of_the_regiment=
battles= Battle of Tah Kah A Kuty orKilldeer Mountain , July 28, 1864
Action at Two Hills, Bad Lands, Little Missouri River, August 8 to 9, 18643rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was an
artillery battery that served in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War .The battery was mustered in at
Fort Snelling ,Minnesota betweenFebruary 2 toMay 1 ,1863 from members of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiments.The 3rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was mustered out at St. Paul,
Minnesota onFebruary 27 ,1866 .Commander
*Captain John Jones -
February 25 ,1863 toFebruary 27 ,1866 Casualties and total strength
The 3rd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery lost no men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and 4 enlistedmen died of disease. Total fatalities were
4. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm]
References
cite book
last = Andrews
first = General Christopher Columbus, ed.,
title = Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars
publisher = Pioneer Press
date = 1891cite book
last = Jones
first = Robert Huhn
title = The Civil War in the Northwest
publisher =University of Oklahoma Press
date = 1960External links
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm The Civil War Archive Website]
ee also
*
List of Minnesota Civil War Units
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