2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery

The 2nd Minnesota Battery Light Artillery Veteran Volunteers, part of the First Division, 20th Army Corps, occupied this position during heavy fighting on the afternoon of September 19, 1863, at Chickamauga, from 2 until after 4 o'clock. Its commander, Lieutenant Albert Woodbury, was mortally wounded, and Private Fordyce Averill was slightly wounded. The battery was mustered into service on March 21, 1862, re-enlisted as veterans in April 1864, and was mustered out of service on August 16, 1865.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States