(Bledsoe's) 1st Missouri Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as (Bledsoe's) Artillery Battery
- April 21, 1862 - Organized by the change in designation of (Bledsoe's) Missouri State Guard Artillery Battery[1]
- Mustered into Confederate States Service
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- April 2-14, 1863 - vs. Steele's Greenville Expedition
- April 7, 1863 - Thomas' Plantation [2 sections]
- May-July 1863 - The Vicksburg Campaign
- May 14, 1863 - Armed with 3 guns
- May 12, 1863 - Raymond
- May 14, 1863 - Jackson[2]
- July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia - September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 12, 1863 - Received four 12-lb. Napoleons
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- November 25, 1863 - Missionary Ridge
- Four 12-lb. Napoleon guns captured
- December 14, 1863 - Reported as without guns
- March 29, 1864-April 1, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleons
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- December 17, 1864 - Hollow Tree Gap, near Franklin
- February 1865 - Reported as leaving Montgomery, Alabama
- No further record
DESIGNATIONS
- April-May 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's/Little's Division / Frost's/Clark's Artillery Brigade
- May-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Clark's Artillery Brigade
- June-August 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade
- August-October 1862 - Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade
- October-December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade
- December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade
- January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's Division / Artillery
- January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Light Artillery
- March-May 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Gregg's Brigade
- May-June 1863 - Department of the West / Gregg's Brigade
- June-July 1863 - Department of the West / Walker's Division / Gregg's Brigade
- July-August 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Gregg's Brigade
- August-September 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Gregg's Brigade
- September 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Johnson's Provisional Division / Gregg's Brigade
- September 1863 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Gregg's Brigade
- September-October 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Walker's Division / Gregg's Brigade
- October-November 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Walker's Division / Artillery Battalion
- November 1863-February 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Walker's Division / Artillery Battalion
- February-September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Artillery / Martin's Battalion
- September 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Artillery / Hotchkiss' Battalion
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William Wade (Captain)
- Richard C. Walsh (Captain)
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Notes
- ↑ Lists battles of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861) and Pea Ridge (March 7-8, 1862) but unit not yet formed. Likely referring to the unit's previous State Guard organization
- ↑ Originally listed as 1864 - likely a misprint
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 70-71, 79)
