8th Arkansas (Field) Artillery Battery

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Regimental History and Service Record

  • April 1863 - Organized
    • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
  • NOTE: This unit is not listed in the National Archives
  • April 18, 1863 - Fayetteville
  • September 1, 1863 - Devil's Backbone
  • March-May 1864 - The Red River Campaign
    • March-May 1864 - The Camden Expedition
    • April 18, 1864 - Poison Springs
  • June 6, 1864 - Lake Chicot, Arkansas
  • September-October 1864 - Price's Missouri Raid
  • November 19, 1864 - Designated as the 8th Field Battery
  • May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
    • Armed at the time of surrender with two 3-inch Rifles and two 12-lb. Howitzers

DESIGNATIONS

  • Tran-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Steele's Division / Cabell's Brigade (April-December 1863)
  • Tran-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Cabell's Brigade (December 1863-January 1864)
  • Tran-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Fagan's Cavalry Division / Artillery (April-August 1864)
  • Tran-Mississippi Department / Price's Cavalry Corps (or Army of Missouri from September 18, 1864) / Fagan's Division / Cabell's Brigade (August-September 1864)
  • Tran-Mississippi Department / Price's Cavalry Corps (or Army of Missouri from September 18, 1864) / (Pratt's) 2nd Horse Artillery Battalion (September 1864-May 1865)

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