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Artillery Battery

13th and 14th Battery

It left Grand Rapids February 3d in command of Captain O'Rordan, and arrived at Washington, D. C, on the 7th of that month. It went into camp near Washington, where it was employed in perfecting itself in drill until the 14th of May. It was then ordered to Fort Slemmer, D. C. During the remainder of the year the battery was stationed in that fort, and in other fortifications in the neighborhood of Washington. On the 11th and 12th of July, 1864, in command of Captain Chas. Dupont, who had been promoted, vice O'Riordan resigned, it assisted in the defense of Fort Stevens against the attack of the rebel General Early's forces.

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