Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment

The Battery "D" 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Battery "D" was organized at Coldwater, Michigan between September 17, 1861 and December 9, 1862.

Battery was engaged at: Hoover's Gap, Tn / Chickamauga, Ga / Chattanooga, Tn / Mission Ridge, Tn/ Nashville, Tn The battery was mustered out on August 3, 1865.

The battery lost 2 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 39 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 41 fatalities.

Killed in Action—1..... Died of Wounds—1..... Died of Disease—39 Total Casualty Rate—11.9%[2]