|
|
Civil War Artillery
First Regiment Light Artillery
Aid-de-camp.
Under this authority the battery was ordered to Fort Wayne, near Detroit. It arrived in command of Captain Lewis without delay, bringing cannon and equipments, with sufficient fine horses for a complete battery of six guns.
Soon after its arrival it was ascertained that the government did not deem it necessary to accept any more artillery in addition to that already accepted from Eastern States, and declined to stand by the acceptance of General Wool. This was a great disappointment to the battery, and placed the State authorities in a perplexing situation, but measures were at once commenced through the influence of Governor Blair and others to induce the War Department to recede from its decision, and after considerable delay and much telegraphic correspondence, the department finally decided to accept its services, but only upon the condition that it should be enlisted for three years.
Light Artillery
Page 7
|
|
|
|
|
