Samuel B. Palmer enlisted as a Private in the Third Independent Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery on September 7, 1861. This unit served in the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theater of the Civil War and saw service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. PVT Palmer was with his battery in the advance on Corinth, MS; Buell's operations toward Chattanooga, TN; the Kentucky Campaign (present but not engaged in the Battle of Perryville); the Battle of Stones River, TN; the Tullahoma Campaign, TN; and the Battle of Chickamauga, GA.
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties, including 15 men wounded (two mortally) and 11 men captured. PVT Palmer was severely wounded and died on October 7 or 8, 1863.
Samuel Palmer was later interred in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in section B site 937. Due to a clerical error, he was listed as Smith B Palmer in the cemetery records.
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties, including 15 men wounded (two mortally) and 11 men captured. PVT Palmer was severely wounded and died on October 7 or 8, 1863.
Samuel Palmer was later interred in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in section B site 937. Due to a clerical error, he was listed as Smith B Palmer in the cemetery records.
Samuel B. Palmer enlisted as a Private in the Third Independent Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery on September 7, 1861. This unit served in the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theater of the Civil War and saw service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. PVT Palmer was with his battery in the advance on Corinth, MS; Buell's operations toward Chattanooga, TN; the Kentucky Campaign (present but not engaged in the Battle of Perryville); the Battle of Stones River, TN; the Tullahoma Campaign, TN; and the Battle of Chickamauga, GA.
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties, including 15 men wounded (two mortally) and 11 men captured. PVT Palmer was severely wounded and died on October 7 or 8, 1863.
Samuel Palmer was later interred in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in section B site 937. Due to a clerical error, he was listed as Smith B Palmer in the cemetery records.
On September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, the 3rd Wisconsin Battery was in the path of Longstreet's assault, losing 5 guns and sustaining 26 casualties, including 15 men wounded (two mortally) and 11 men captured. PVT Palmer was severely wounded and died on October 7 or 8, 1863.
Samuel Palmer was later interred in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in section B site 937. Due to a clerical error, he was listed as Smith B Palmer in the cemetery records.
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