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The 14th Michigan Battery lost 9 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1864
The battery was organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan under the command of Captain Charles Heine.
January 5 The battery was mustered in.
February 1 Left Michigan for Washington, D.C.
February 5 Duty at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington attached to 22nd Corps
May 15-22 Mounted and duty at Fort Bunker Hill
May 22 Dismounted and ordered to Camp Barry
May 25 Moved to Fort Slocum. Duty as Heavy Artillery at Forts Bunker Hill, Totten, Slemmer, Snyder, Carroll and Greble, assigned to 1st Brigade, Hardin’s Division, Defenses of Washington North of the Potomac, 22nd Corps
July 11-13

Repulse of Early’s attack on the Northern Defenses of Washington

August Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Hardin’s Division, 22nd Army Corps
December Assigned to 3rd Brigade, Hardin’s Division, 22nd Army Corps
1865
June 17-21 Moved to Jackson, Michigan.
July 1 The battery mustered out