The 6th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on October 2, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on July 3, 1865, at Madison, Wisconsin.

The 6th Independent Battery initially recruited 157 officers and men.

[1] The battery suffered 1 officer and 6 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 22 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 29 fatalities.

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