The Battery "C" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service Battery "C" was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan between November 23 and December 17, 1861. The battery was mustered into Federal service on November 28, 1861.
The battery was mustered out on June 22, 1865.
Total strength and casualties Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 235 men on its muster rolls. Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved June 3, 2007)
The battery lost 3 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 34 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 37 fatalities.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 Alexander W. Dees Michigan in the Civil War website, retrieved June 3, 2007) Captain George Robinson
See also List of Michigan Civil War Units Michigan in the American Civil War
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References The Civil War Archive