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Artillery Battery
13th and 14th Battery
Second Lieutenant, Lee A. Humphrey, Grand Rapids. On the 1st of February it started for Washington in command of Captain Heine, and reported at Camp Barry, an artillery camp for instruction on the 5th of February. It was mounted on the 20th of April and ordered to Fort Bunker Hill D C on the loth of May, and remained there until the 22d, when it returned to Camp Barry, where it was dismounted, and on the 25th moved to
Fort Slocum, D. C The battery was stationed at this and some of the other forts near Washington, the rest of the year. On the 11th, 12th, and 13th of July it took part in the action near Forts Stevens and Slocum, during the attack of the forces of General Early on the defenses of Washington.
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