Battery "H" 1st Regiment Michigan Light Artillery


Battery "H" 1st Michigan Light Artillery also known as 8th Battery Michigan Light Artillery, was an artillery battery from Michigan that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit also went by the name De Golyer's Battery or De Golyer's 8th Michigan Battery after its commander, Captain Samuel De Golyer.

Service

Battery "H" was organized at Monroe, Michigan and mustered into service on March 6, 1862.
The battery was mustered out on July 22, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

Over its existence, the battery carried a total of 336 men on its muster rolls.
The battery lost 2 officers and 3 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 42 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 47
fatalities.

Commanders