1st Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery

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Brief History
The 1st Connecticut Light Battery was organized at West Meriden and was mustered in October 26, 1861. It was mustered out June 11, 1865. This battery was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut.

For more information about the 1st Connecticut Light Battery and its history, see:


 * Regimental History - History of the First Connecticut Volunteer Light Battery, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Connecticut Military Department


 * Beecher, Herbert W. and United States. Army. Connecticut Light Artillery Battery, 1st (1861-1865), History of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991). Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time.  Available online at Library Archive, (accessed 9 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,

Rosters

 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Compiled From Records in the Adjutant General's Office and Published by Order of the Legislature, by Horace J. Morse - Adjutant General - Online Book or FHL Collection on FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082886 (9 fiche) or FHL US/CAN Book 974.6 M2a.


 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations: (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries (1869) by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Ingersoll, Colin M. (Colin Macrae), 1819-1904 - Online Book or FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082887 (10 fiche) or FHL US/CAN Film 1033670 Item 1.

Source Material

 * The Civil War in the East - Timeline of the 1st Connecticut Light Artillery