|
|
Civil War Artillery
First Regiment Light Artillery
BATTERY A
Was mustered into the service as the 1st Michigan Light Artillery, and although on the formation of the artillery regiment it received the alphabetical designation, it still was known throughout the war by the whole army as " Loomis's Battery. "
Long before the breaking out of the rebellion there had been at Coldwater an artillery company mounted and equipped as a light battery, efficient and well up in drill, and known as the "Coldwater Light Artillery, " and which was recognized as a part, of the State militia. Its officers in 1860 were: Captain, Henry C. Lewis; First Lieutenant, John W. Culp; Second Lieutenant, William Cartshuff.
Light Artillery
Page 3
|
|
|
|
|
|