8th Wisconsin
Light Artillery Battery Regiment
RosterBattles involving 8th Light Artillery BatteryAssignments for 8th Light Artillery Battery- Organized on Jan 8 1862 at Camp Utley, Racine, WI
- Enlistment term: 3 years
- Mustered out on Aug 10 1865 at Madison, WI
Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 285
- Transferred in: 22
- Killed or died of wounds (Officers): 1
- Killed or died of wounds (Enlisted men): 1
- Died of disease (Enlisted men): 26
- Prisoner of war: 1
- Disabled: 42
- Deserted: 7
- Discharged: 19
- Mustered out: 181
- Transferred out: 26
Historical notes and Reports:
Eighth Light Battery
WISCONSIN
(3-YEARS)
Eighth Light Battery. -- Capts., Stephen J. Carpenter, Henry E. Stiles; First Lieuts., James E. Armstrong, George L. Cross, Obadiah German, Henry E. Stiles, John D. McLean, Thomas B. McNair; Second Lieuts., John D. McLean, Henry L. Wheeler, Azro Mann, Samuel S. Armstrong, Thomas B. McNair, William O'DReilly.
This battery, known as ''Lyon's Pinery Battery,'' was organized in the fall of 1861 at Stevens Point. It rendezvoused at Camp Utley, Racine, was mustered in Jan. 8, 1862, and left the state March 18 for St. Louis.
On April 4 it proceeded to Fort Leavenworth to join the Southwestern expedition. At Fort Riley it was ordered to Columbus, Ky., and thence to Humboldt, Tenn., for guard duty. In July it was ordered to Mississippi and reached Corinth on the 8th.
It was next transferred to the army of the Tennessee, and two sections were sent to Nashville, the center section under Lieut. McLean being left at Eastport, Miss. The other two sections were in the battle of Perryville, afterward joining in the pursuit of the enemy and shelling him from his position at Lancaster. They then returned to Nashville.
The center section left Eastport for Iuka, but did not reach there in time for the battle. At Corinth it did excellent work and was ranked with those who greatly distinguished themselves. It joined the right and left sections at Nashville and at Stone's River the battery performed honorable service.
It encamped at Murfreesboro during the winter and spring of 1863, and was in action at Chickamauga. It was also in action at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and was ordered to Nashville in December, where it was assigned to the 2nd division, artillery reserve.
The veterans were remustered, Jan. 26, 1864, and given a furlough. They rejoined the battery at Murfreesboro in April, and it was assigned to Fort Rosecrans for garrison duty.
It was mustered out at Milwaukee, Aug. 10, 1865. Its original strength was 161. Gain by recruits, 102; reenlistments 66; total, 329; Loss by death, 25; missing, 1; desertion, 13; transfer 14; discharge, 53; mustered out, 223.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 82
Eighth Light Battery
WISCONSIN
(3-YEARS)
Eighth Light Battery. -- Capts., Stephen J. Carpenter, Henry E. Stiles; First Lieuts., James E. Armstrong, George L. Cross, Obadiah German, Henry E. Stiles, John D. McLean, Thomas B. McNair; Second Lieuts., John D. McLean, Henry L. Wheeler, Azro Mann, Samuel S. Armstrong, Thomas B. McNair, William O'DReilly.
This battery, known as ''Lyon's Pinery Battery,'' was organized in the fall of 1861 at Stevens Point. It rendezvoused at Camp Utley, Racine, was mustered in Jan. 8, 1862, and left the state March 18 for St. Louis.
On April 4 it proceeded to Fort Leavenworth to join the Southwestern expedition. At Fort Riley it was ordered to Columbus, Ky., and thence to Humboldt, Tenn., for guard duty. In July it was ordered to Mississippi and reached Corinth on the 8th.
It was next transferred to the army of the Tennessee, and two sections were sent to Nashville, the center section under Lieut. McLean being left at Eastport, Miss. The other two sections were in the battle of Perryville, afterward joining in the pursuit of the enemy and shelling him from his position at Lancaster. They then returned to Nashville.
The center section left Eastport for Iuka, but did not reach there in time for the battle. At Corinth it did excellent work and was ranked with those who greatly distinguished themselves. It joined the right and left sections at Nashville and at Stone's River the battery performed honorable service.
It encamped at Murfreesboro during the winter and spring of 1863, and was in action at Chickamauga. It was also in action at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and was ordered to Nashville in December, where it was assigned to the 2nd division, artillery reserve.
The veterans were remustered, Jan. 26, 1864, and given a furlough. They rejoined the battery at Murfreesboro in April, and it was assigned to Fort Rosecrans for garrison duty.
It was mustered out at Milwaukee, Aug. 10, 1865. Its original strength was 161. Gain by recruits, 102; reenlistments 66; total, 329; Loss by death, 25; missing, 1; desertion, 13; transfer 14; discharge, 53; mustered out, 223.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 82
Battles (where losses incurred) involving 8th Light Artillery Battery Regiment
| Location | Date | Killed | Wounded | POW | Missing | Losses |
| Stones River, TN | Dec 31 1862 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army assignments for 8th Light Artillery Battery Regiment
| From | To | Brigade | Division | Corps | Army/Department | Comments |
| Apr 1862 | Jun 1862 | | Department of Kansas | |||
| Jun 1862 | Aug 1862 | Artillery | 4 | | Army of the Mississippi | |
| Aug 1862 | Sep 26 1862 | Artillery | 2 | | Army of the Mississippi | |
| Sep 26 1862 | Sep 29 1862 | 32 | 9 | | Army of Ohio | |
| Sep 29 1862 | Nov 5 1862 | 32 | 9 | 3 | Army of Ohio | |
| Nov 5 1862 | Jan 9 1863 | Artillery 1 | Right Wing | 14 | Army of Cumberland | |
| Jan 9 1863 | Oct 9 1863 | Artillery | 1 | 20 | Dept and Army of Ohio and Cumberland | |
| Oct 15 1863 | Mar 1864 | Artillery | Reserve | 2 | Military Division of the Mississippi | |
| Apr 1864 | Aug 1864 | Unattached | Post Murfreesboro | District Nashville | Military Division of the Mississippi | |
| Jul 1864 | Mar 1865 | 1 | Defenses Nashville & Chatt. RR | District Nashville | Military Division of the Mississippi | |
| Mar 1865 | Jul 1865 | 1 | 1st Sub District | District Middle TN | Department of Cumberland | Mustered Out |
Roster for 8th Light Artillery Battery Regiment - 290 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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