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12th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery

12th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery Tablet

12th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery Tablet

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Multiple monument located on Union Avenue, 400 yards south of Pemberton Avenue. This unit was attached to Captains Frank C. Sands' and Henry Dillon's Artillery Command of Brig. Gen'ls Isaac F. Quinby's and John E. Smith's 7th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps and commanded by Capt. William Zickerick. [Refer to pages 79, 80, 82, 84 and 96, Volume 4 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]
 
12th Wisconsin Infantry Regimental Marker
12th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery Regimental Marker
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Did You Know?

USS Cairo ca. 1862

The USS Cairo was only in service for 11 months before making history as the first U.S. marine vessel to be sunk by an electronically detonated mine.