13th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery

HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 13th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it was mustered in December 29, 1863. It was at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 17, and had garrison duty there until July, 1865. It was mustered out July 20, 1865.

The 13th Independent Battery initially recruited 156 officers and men. An additional 32 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 188 men.

The battery suffered 14 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 14 fatalities. OFFICERS:

Captain Richard R. Griffith

ASSIGNMENTS:

Garrison duty at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

ROSTERS:

The composite rosters of this unit contain the names of 219 men.

Roster

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2003.

Love, William D. Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion. Chicago: Church and Goodman, 1866. E537L79. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.

Quiner, E.B. The Military History of Wisconsin. Chicago: Clarke, 1866. E537Q75. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.

Rigdon, John C. Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Index. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.

REFERENCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. - A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_in_the_American_Civil_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Awakes