The 5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 5th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on October 10, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on June 6, 1865.

The 5th Independent Battery initially recruited 155 officers and men.

[1] The battery suffered 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 1 officer and 18 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.