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Battery G
It arrived at Jackson August 2d, and on the 6th was mustered out of service.
While in service it had encountered the enemy at Tazewell, Tenn., 1862;
Caney Bottom, Ky., 1862;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., December 28 and 29, 1862;
Arkansas Post, Ark., January 6, 1863;
Grand Gulf, Miss., April 28, 1863;
Fort Gibson, Miss., May 1, 1863;
Champion Hill, Miss., May 16, 1863;
Big Black River, Miss., May 17, 1863;
siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 19 to July 4, 1863;
Jackson, Miss., July 11 to 18, 1863;
Fort Esparanza, Texas, November 29, 1863;
Mobile, Ala., April 10, 1865.
The battery had carried on its rolls during service 318 officers and men, and had lost 2 men killed in action, 2 died of wounds, and 1 officer and 40 men of disease.
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