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Battery H
The battery participated in the fight at Champion Hill with loss, and then was actively engaged in the siege of Vicksburg until its surrender, where, on the 28th of May, its gallant commander, Captain DeGolyer, received a wound, which caused his death on the 8th of August following:
In addition to the part taken in these actions the battery rendered service in numerous skirmishes. On the 19th of May it arrived in the rear of Vicksburg, and participated actively in the siege of that stronghold. In the actions mentioned and during the siege the battery lost one killed and seven wounded.
Civil War Artillery
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