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17th New York Independent Battery
A Light Battery that Fought before Petersburg
Civil War
The Seventeenth Independent Battery of New York Light Artillery, known as the
"Orleans Battery," was organized at Lockport, New York, and mustered in August
26, 1862. It remained in the artillery camp of instruction and in the defenses
of Washington until July, 1864, when it was ordered to Petersburg. It took
part in the pursuit of Lee, and was present at Appomattox.
Back to 17th Independent Battery During the Civil War
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified:
March 14, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/17thIndBat/17thIndBatPhotoMillerPetersburgV_45.htm
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