1st Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery


 * Mustered in October 26, 1861.
 * Mustered out June 11, 1865.
 * Organized at West Meriden.
 * Regimental History - History of the First Connecticut Volunteer Light Battery - Connecticut Military Department
 * History of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time, by Herbert W. Beecher. Online Book

This battery was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut.


 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Compiled From Records in the Adjutant General's Office and Published by Order of the Legislature, by Horace J. Morse - Adjutant General - Online Book
 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations: (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries (1869) by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Ingersoll, Colin M. (Colin Macrae), 1819-1904 - Online Book


 * Also see Connecticut in the Civil War.