(Bridges') Louisiana Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

Also referred to as 18th South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion / Battery D

February 13, 1864 - Organized by the assignment of those Louisianians serving in the 18th South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion^[1] at Charleston, South Carolina
Served as Heavy Artillery
May 26, 1864 - Chapman's Fort, Ashepoo River
February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
March 1865 - Re-equipped as a light battery
April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

February-May 1864 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina
July-December 1864 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade
December 1864-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Anderson's/Elliot's Brigade
February-March 1865 - Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Elliot's Brigade
April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Manly's Artillery Battalion

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↑ 18th Heavy Artillery Entry lists this unit as being merged in December 1864 - further research needed

Ripley, Warren, Train: The Journal of a Confederate Artilleryman in the Defense of Charleston
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 17)
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 10)