(Cumberland) Kentucky Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as:
- (Green's) Kentucky Artillery Battery
- (Hedden's) Kentucky Artillery Battery
- Fall 1861 - Organized
- February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
- February 14-16, 1862 - Armed with 7 pieces
- February 16, 1862 - Captured at Fort Donelson
- Fall 1862 - Exchanged, re-organized
- December 5, 1862 - Coffeeville
- Spring 1863 - Apparently attached to a Mississippi Battery
- March 11, 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- March 13, 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- March 16, 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- April 2, 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- April 4, 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- April-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- January 1864 - Merged into 1st Kentucky Artillery Battery
DESIGNATIONS
- November 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Clark's Brigade
- February 1862 - Department #2 / Fort Donelson / Floyd's Division / Artillery
- December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / 1st Corps / Tilghman's Division / Artillery
- January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Tilghman's Brigade
- February-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Loring's Division / Tilghman's Brigade
- April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Tilghman's Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: H.D. Green (Captain)
- W.H. Hedden (Captain)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
- 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 7-8)