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Civil War Artillery
First Regiment Light Artillery
During its service it had borne on the rolls 311 officers and men, and lost killed in action 1 officer and 10 men, died of wounds 1 man, and 25 of disease.
Although this correspondent covers some matter already included, yet the sketch being so full it is inserted:
" The battery left Detroit on the morning of the 31st day of May, 1861, for Camp Den-nison, Ohio, with six brass guns of six pounds calibre. A short time only was spent in this locality, when it was ordered to Marietta, on the Ohio river, twelve miles above Par-kersburg, Virginia, and on the Ohio side.
Light Artillery
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