6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
# 6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery

The 6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Buena Vista Artillery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 6th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin, on October 2, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on July 3, 1865, at Madison, Wisconsin.

## Total strength and casualties

The 6th Independent Battery initially recruited 157 officers and men. An additional 85 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 242 men.

The battery suffered 1 officer and 6 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 22 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 29 fatalities.

## Commanders

* Captain Henry Dillon
* Captain Thomas R. Hood
