| 词条 | Battery "E" West Virginia Light Artillery |
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|unit_name= Battery "E" West Virginia Light Artillery | image= Flag of West Virginia.svg | image_size = 100 |caption=Flag of West Virginia |dates= September 18, 1862 to June 28, 1865 |country= United States |allegiance= Union |branch= Artillery |equipment= |battles= Battle of Kernstown II Battle of New Creek }} The Battery "E" West Virginia Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. ServiceBattery "E" was organized at Buckhannon in western Virginia on September 18, 1862 and absorbed Battery "B" West Virginia Light Artillery on December 31, 1864. The Battery was known as the "Upshur Battery" due to the predominance of men from Upshur County who enlisted in its ranks. Battery "E" was mustered out on June 28, 1865. CasualtiesThe 1st West Virginia Light Artillery regiment lost 33 men, killed and died of wounds; 131 men, died of disease, accident or in prison; total deaths, 164 men. (all 8 batteries) [Source: Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865, by William F. Fox] CommanderCaptain Alexander C. Moore References
Unpublished manuscript "Joseph Rezin Thompson 'A Tankee Volunterr'" Author Unknown See also
5 : West Virginia Civil War regiments|Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War|1862 establishments in Union Virginia|Military units and formations established in 1862|Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 |
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