2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The battery was mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on March 21, 1862.
The 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was mustered out at St. Paul, Minnesota on August 16, 1865.
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