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Recruited in Branch County, Battery G had
an enrollment of 145 officers and men when it left for Kentucky one
month later. During the course of the war, Battery G saw action at
Chickasaw Bayou, Champion Hill, the siege of Vicksburg and Mobile,
Alabama. The battery, which was mustered out of federal service on
August 6, 1865, carried on its rolls 318 men. It suffered losses of 2 men
killed in combat and 41 men, who died from disease.
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