Michigan 1st Light Artillery, Battery H (Union)
6/3/62
Organized - Michigan 1st Light Artillery, Battery H - Michigan
18/5/63
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
29/2/64
Battle - Canton, Mississippi
5/7/64
Battle - Nickajack Creek, Georgia
22/7/65
Mustered Out - Michigan 1st Light Artillery, Battery H - Michigan
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regiment -Michigan 1st Light Artillery (Union)
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