Thursday, March 7, 2013

1st Lt. Joel H. Wicker


1st Lt. Joel H. Wicker

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
5th Ill.        Light Artillery
Renwick’s Elgin Battery
   Enlisted March 5, 1864.
   Commissioned April 5, 1864.
   On the resignation of Capt. Renwick in May of 1863 Capt. Andrew Wood takes command and the battery is renamed;
Wood's Battery
   Mustered Out July 18, 1865
Known Actions;
Bennett’s House, NC April 26, 1864
Raleigh, NC        April 13, 1865

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