13th Independent Battery Michigan Light Artillery
- 13th Independent Battery Michigan Light Artillery
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 13th Independent Battery Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery
caption=Michigan state flag
dates= January 20, 1864 to August 1, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Artillery
equipment=
battles=
The 13th Independent Battery Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
Battery "M" was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan and mustered into service on January 20, 1864. The battery was mounted and used to fight guerrillas and on patrol duty on February 27, 1865.
The battery was mustered out on July 1, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 257 men on its muster rolls.[http://www.michiganinthewar.org/rosters.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007)]
The battery 1 enlistedman killed in action or mortally wounded and 13 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 14fatalities. [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 July 4, 2007.]
Commanders
*Captain Callahan O'Riordan[http://www.michiganinthewar.org/artillery/13th.htm Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved July 4, 2007)]
ee also
*List of Michigan Civil War Units
*Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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