2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

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2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment
Active September 16, 1861 to December 20, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Artillery
Engagements American Civil War

The 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Artillery class of weapons which fires munitions beyond the range and power of personal weapons

Artillery is a class of heavy military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls, and fortifications during sieges, and led to heavy, fairly immobile siege engines. As technology improved, lighter, more mobile field artillery cannons developed for battlefield use. This development continues today; modern self-propelled artillery vehicles are highly mobile weapons of great versatility providing the large share of an army's total firepower.

Regiment Military unit

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Union Army Land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War


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Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, U. S. Reserve Corps, September 16 to November 6, 1861. Designation changed to 2nd Missouri Artillery November 20, 1861, and assigned to duty in forts about St. Louis till September, 1863. Consolidated to a Battalion of 5 Companies September 29, 1863. Landgraeber's Battery, Horse Artillery, assigned as Company "F," September 30, 1863. Companies "C" and "D" form new Company "A." Company "B" retained its organization. Companies "I" and "H" form new Company "C." Companies "A," "F," "G" and "K" form new Company "D." Companies "E," "L" and "M" form new Company "E." Six new Batteries organized as follows: "G" at St. Louis November 15, 1863. "H" at Springfield, Mo., December 4, 1863. "I" at Springfield, Mo., December 29, 1863. "K" at Springfield, Mo., January 14, 1864. "L" at Sedalia, Mo., January 20, 1864 (formerly 1st Battery, Missouri State Militia), "M" at St. Louis February 15, 1864. (See the several Batteries for history.)

2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

Battery B, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and Plains Indian Wars.

Battery C, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and Plains Indian Wars.

Battery D, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and Plains Indian Wars.

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Frederick H. Dyer Soldier, writer

Frederick Henry Dyer served as a drummer boy in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he wrote A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion – a complete record of every regiment formed under the Union Army, their histories, and the battles they fought in – taking forty years to compile.