2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery
- 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 2nd Minnesota Independent Battery Light Artillery
caption=Flag of Minnesota
dates= March 21, 1862 to August 16, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Artillery
equipment=
colonels_of_the_regiment=
battles= Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stone's River, Battle of Chickamauga, Siege of Chattanooga
2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The battery was mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. on March 21, 1862.
The 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was mustered out at St. Paul, Minnesota on August 16, 1865.
Commander
*Captain William A. Hotchkiss - February 14, 1862 to August 16, 1865
Casualties and total strength
The 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery lost 1 officer and 5 enlistedmen killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and 19 enlistedmen died of disease. Total fatalities were
25. [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 = 1891
cite book
last = Jones
first = Robert Huhn
title = The Civil War in the Northwest
publisher = University of Oklahoma Press
date = 1960
External 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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