2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery
Encyclopedia
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.
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Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortars, rockets or missiles so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems...
that served in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
The battery was mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, on March 21, 1862.
The 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was mustered out at St. Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
on August 16, 1865.
Casualties and total strength
The 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and 19 enlisted men died of disease. Total fatalities were25.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmncav.htm