Total Strength and Casualties
The 5th Independent Battery initially recruited 155 officers and men. An additional 70 men were recruited as replacements, for a total of 225 men.
The battery suffered 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 1 officer and 18 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.
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