(Crescent) Louisiana Artillery Battery

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Regimental History and Service Record

  • Also referred to as the:
    • (Hutton's) Louisiana Artillery Battery
  • March 27, 1862 - Organized at New Orleans
  • April 1862 - Served as part of the crew of the C.S.S. Louisiana
  • April 18-25, 1862 - New Orleans [C.S.S. Louisiana ]
  • December 1862 - Reorganized at Jackson, Mississippi
  • 1863 - Frequently served aboard the various vessels serving on the Red River
  • February 14, 1863 - Fort Taylor [capture of the U.S.S. Queen of the West]
  • February 24, 1863 - Capture of the U.S.S. Indianola on the Mississippi River [aboard the C.S.S. Webb]
  • May 4, 1863 - Fort De Russy vs. the U.S.S. Albatross [aboard the C.S.S. Grand Duke]
  • January 1864 - Serving as Heavy Artillery
  • May 12-14, 1864 - The Red River Campaign
  • March 14, 1864 - Fort De Russy
    • Most of company captured
  • June 8, 1864 - Simsport [detachment]
  • May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department (remainder of company not captured at Fort De Russy)

DESIGNATIONS

  • March-April 1862 - Department #1 [aboard the C.S.S. Louisiana]
  • December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 4th Military District
  • February 1863-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Artillery [frequently serving as gunboat crews]
  • September 1864-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Siege Train

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