5th Arkansas (Field) Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as the:
- (Appeal) Arkansas Artillery Battery
- (Memphis Appeal) Arkansas Artillery Battery
- April 1862 - Organized at Memphis, Tennessee
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- April-June 1862 - The Corinth Campaign
- Octber 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- May-July 1863 - The Vicksburg Campaign
- May-July 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
- July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled here later that month
- December 20, 1863 - Declared exchanged
- May-July 1863 -
- Summer 1864 - Reorganized west of the Mississippi River
- November 19, 1864 - Designated as the 5th Field Battery
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
- Armed at the time of the surrender with two 12-lb. Howitzers and two 6-lb. Smoothbores
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Army of the West / Jones'/Maury's Division / Rust's/Dockery's/Cabell's Brigade (April-September 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Cabell's Brigade (September-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Cabell's Brigade (October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's/Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / Unattached / 8th Light Artillery Battalion (September 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: W.C. Bryan (Captain)
- William N. Hogg (Captain)
- Christopher C. Scott (Captain)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 35-36, 38, 43)