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Illinois 1st Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery G (Union)

28/2/62

Organized - Illinois 1st Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery G - Illinois

28/2/62

Battle - Island Number Ten - New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee

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Island Number Ten

In addition to prosecuting the coastal blockade and pursuing Confederate commerce raiders, the U.S. Navy's other main role in the Civil War, and arguably its most important one, was seizing and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In this effort, the main obstacle was not the tiny Confederate navy, but rather the formidable shore fortifications erected by the Confederates along the banks of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers. This war, therefore, was less often a matter of s…READ MORE

24/7/65

Mustered Out - Illinois 1st Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery G - Illinois


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