6th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* Organized, mustered in at Racine, Wisconsin on October 2, 1861 
Moved to St. Louis, Mo., March 15-16, 1862, thence to New Madrid, Mo., March 19-20, and report to Gen. Pope. Attached to Artillery Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, Left Wing, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Artillery Reserve, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the fortifications of New Madrid, Mo., and Island No. 10, Missouri, until May 17, 1862. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 17-23. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 23-30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Moved to Rienzi and duty there until October 1. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Duty at Corinth, Miss., until November 2. Moved to Grand Junction November 2. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there until March, 1863. Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 13. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1 (Reserve). Jones' Cross Roads May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16. 
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi
* Duty there until September. 
* Ordered to Helena, Ark., September 12, thence to Memphis, Tenn., September 27. 
* September 26-November 20, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee
* Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. 
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Tunnel Hill November 23-24. 
** Mission Ridge November 25. 
Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., December 5-22. At Larkinsville, Ala., until January 7, 1864, and at Huntsville, Ala., until June 22. March to Kingston, Ga., June 22-30, and duty there until July 12. Stationed at Etowah River Bridge, near Cartersville, until November 10. Nonveterans mustered out October, 1864. Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., November 10, thence to Nashville. Tenn., and garrison duty there until February 17, 1865. Battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16, 1864 (not actively engaged). Ordered to Chattanooga February 17, 1865, and duty there until July. Mustered out at Madison, Wis., July 3, 1865.
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta CampaignNot originally referenced on unit homepage
* November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah CampaignNot originally referenced on unit homepage
* January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas CampaignNot originally referenced on unit homepage
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 704, 721, 779, 783, 835, 866, 1671)
* (Pages 223-227)
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