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Battery L
Battery L had its rendezvous at Coldwater with the 9th Cavalry and was mustered into the service of the United States April 11th, 1863. The officers were: Captain, Charles J. Thompson, Detroit; First Lieutenant, Cyrus D. Roys, Hudson; First Lieutenant, Thomas Gallagher, Detroit, and Second Lieutenant, Frederick J. Fairbrass, Hancock.
The battery left the State with the 9th on May 20th, 1863, for the field in Kentucky, via Cincinnati and Covington. On June 4th it proceeded from the latter point, and on the 6th reported at Camp Nelson. On the 13th it was ordered to Mount Sterling, and on the 16th a section in command of Captain
Thompson and Lieutenant Roys, on a reconnaissance with the 8th and 9th Michigan Cavalry, engaged a force of guerrillas at Triplett's Bridge, attacking and scattering them.
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