(Crescent) Louisiana Artillery Battery
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- 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 ]
- April 28, 1862 - Captured at the fall of New Orleans
- 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
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: T.H. Hutton (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. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 17, 26)