The 3rd Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery , nicknamed the "Badger Battery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 3rd Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on October 10, 1861.

The 3rd Independent Battery initially recruited 170 officers and men.

[1] The battery suffered 6 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 21 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 27 fatalities.

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