11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
- 11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
caption=Wisconsin flag
dates= February 22, 1862 to February, 1862
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Artillery
equipment=
battles=
The 11th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 11th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Madison, Wisconsin on February 22, 1862. Later in the month it was transferred to Illinois service as Battery "L," 1st Illinois Light Artillery.
Total strength and casualties
The 11th Independent Battery initially recruited 87 officers and men. An additional 8 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 95men. [http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~wirockbios/Blue1907/1907-5-WICW.html 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, WI 1907
The battery suffered 3 enlistedmen killed in action or died or wounds and 2 enlistedmen who died of disease or accident, for a total of 2 fatalities. [Beck, ed. 1907.]
Commanders
*Captain John Rourke [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/results.asp?image_id=1396 Wisconsin Historical Society after Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vols. 1886. ]
ee also
*List of Wisconsin Civil War Units
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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