2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was a Minnesota USV

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that served in the

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during the

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. The battery was mustered in at Fort Snelling,

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, on March 21, 1862. The 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was mustered out at

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, on August 16, 1865.

Commander

*Captain William A. Hotchkiss - February 14, 1862, to August 16, 1865

Casualties and total strength

The 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and 19 enlisted men died of disease. Total fatalities were 2

References

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External links

The Civil War Archive Website

Minnesota Historical Society page on Minnesota and the Civil War

Commander

Casualties and total strength

References

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