2nd Wisconsin
Light Artillery Battery Regiment
RosterAssignments for 2nd Light Artillery Battery- Organized on Oct 10 1861 at Milwaukee, WI
- Enlistment term: 3 years
- Mustered out on Jul 10 1865 at Point Lookout, MD
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 214
- Died of disease: 13
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 12
- Disabled: 13
- Deserted: 10
- Discharged: 14
- Mustered out: 150
- Transferred out: 9
Historical notes and Reports:
Second Light Battery
WISCONSIN
(3-YEARS)
Second Light Battery. -- Capts., Ernst F. Hersberg, Charles Berger First Lieuts. J. C. Her von Schlen, Charles Berger, John Bulander Charles Schulz, Charles Saupe, C. J. Emil Stephan, John Schabel, Lewis Rabe; Second Lieuts., John Schabel, Charles Schulz, August Buchwald, Charles Saupe, Edward Hanson, Charles Berger, John Bulander, George Fischer.
This battery, known as the ''Washington Artillery.'' was organized at Camp Utley, Racine, in Sept. 1861, and was mustered in Oct. 10. It left the state Jan. 21, 1862 for Baltimore, thence to Washington, and was ordered to Fortress Monroe as part of the garrison, remaining there until September.
It then moved to Camp Hamilton, Va., for garrison duty and on Jan. 10, 1863, was sent to Suffolk, Va. In January 5 pieces of the battery engaged in the battle near South Mary bridge. During March and April, 3 pieces of the battery were stationed between Forts Dix and Union, and 2 pieces on the Nansemond River.
On May 6 the battery was ordered to Portsmouth, from there to West Point and thence to Williamsburg, where it remained until July 20. It then moved to Yorktown, where it was retained until Jan. 20, 1864, and then proceeded to Point Lookout, Md., where it was employed principally as guard for prisoners until mustered out.
Its original strength was 153. Gain by recruits, 42; reenlisted veterans, 48; total, 243. Loss by death, 12; desertion, 6; transfer, 7; discharge, 30; mustered out, 188.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 78
Second Light Battery
WISCONSIN
(3-YEARS)
Second Light Battery. -- Capts., Ernst F. Hersberg, Charles Berger First Lieuts. J. C. Her von Schlen, Charles Berger, John Bulander Charles Schulz, Charles Saupe, C. J. Emil Stephan, John Schabel, Lewis Rabe; Second Lieuts., John Schabel, Charles Schulz, August Buchwald, Charles Saupe, Edward Hanson, Charles Berger, John Bulander, George Fischer.
This battery, known as the ''Washington Artillery.'' was organized at Camp Utley, Racine, in Sept. 1861, and was mustered in Oct. 10. It left the state Jan. 21, 1862 for Baltimore, thence to Washington, and was ordered to Fortress Monroe as part of the garrison, remaining there until September.
It then moved to Camp Hamilton, Va., for garrison duty and on Jan. 10, 1863, was sent to Suffolk, Va. In January 5 pieces of the battery engaged in the battle near South Mary bridge. During March and April, 3 pieces of the battery were stationed between Forts Dix and Union, and 2 pieces on the Nansemond River.
On May 6 the battery was ordered to Portsmouth, from there to West Point and thence to Williamsburg, where it remained until July 20. It then moved to Yorktown, where it was retained until Jan. 20, 1864, and then proceeded to Point Lookout, Md., where it was employed principally as guard for prisoners until mustered out.
Its original strength was 153. Gain by recruits, 42; reenlisted veterans, 48; total, 243. Loss by death, 12; desertion, 6; transfer, 7; discharge, 30; mustered out, 188.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 78
Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army assignments for 2nd Light Artillery Battery Regiment
| From | To | Brigade | Division | Corps | Army/Department | Comments |
| Jan 1 1862 | Jul 31 1862 | Artillery | Fortress Monroe | Department of Virginia | ||
| Jul 1 1862 | Sep 30 1862 | | Fortress Monroe | 7 | Department of Virginia | |
| Sep 1 1862 | Jan 31 1863 | Camp Hamilton | 7 | Department of Virginia | ||
| Apr 1 1863 | May 31 1863 | Unatt Arty | 7 | Department of Virginia | ||
| May 1 1863 | Jun 17 1863 | Artillery | 1 | 7 | Department of Virginia | |
| Jun 17 1863 | Jul 15 1863 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Department of Virginia | |
| Aug 1 1863 | Jan 31 1864 | Artillery | US Forces, Yorktown | 18 | Department of Virginia and North Carolina | |
| Dec 1 1863 | Jul 31 1864 | Dist of St. Mary's | 18 | Department of Virginia and North Carolina | ||
| Jun 1 1864 | Jul 10 1865 | St. Mary's Dist | 22 | Department of Washington, D.C. | Mustered Out |
Roster for 2nd Light Artillery Battery Regiment - 213 men
Source: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers; War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865; Volumes I and II; compiled by Authority of the Legislature, under the direction of Jeremiah M. Rusk, Governor & Chandler P. Chapman, Adjutant General; Democrat Printing Company, State Printers; Madison, Wisconsin; 1886
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