United States Regiments & Batteries > Wisconsin
The 2nd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery lost 12 men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| October 10 | Organized at LaCrosse and mustered in at Racine, Wisconsin under the command of Captain Ernst F. Herzberg. |
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1862
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| January 21-27 | Moved to Baltimore, Md., then attached to Fortress Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia |
| July | Attached to Fortress Monroe, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| September | Moved to Camp Hamilton, Hampton, Va., attached to 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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1863
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| January 8 | Captain Herzberg was dismissed and Lieutenant Charles Berger was promoted to captain. |
| January 10 | Moved to Suffolk, Va. attached to Artillery Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps |
| January 30 | Action at Deserted House |
| April 11-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk, Va., attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps |
| April 15 | Norfleet House |
| May 6 | Moved to Portsmouth, Va. then to West Point. |
| June 24-July 7 | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| July 20 | Moved to Yorktown, Va. |
| August | Attached to Artillery, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
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1864
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| January 20 | Moved to Point Lookout, Md. and duty there guarding prisoners |
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1865
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| July 10 | Mustered out |