(Gideon Nelson) Alabama Artillery Battery
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- May 2, 1862 - Organized at Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- January 11, 1864 - Armed with four 20 lb. Parrotts and four 12 lb. Howitzers
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- October 13, 1864 - Tilton
- December 15-15, 1864 - Nashville
- March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / District of the Gulf / Army of Mobile (October 1862-April 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Western Division / Slaughter's/Cantey's Brigade (April-August 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Eastern Division (one section) (June-August 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Amerine's Brigade (one section) (August-September 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Cantey's Brigade / Truehart's Artillery Battalion (August 1863-January 1864)
- Department of the Gulf / Shoup's/Fuller's Artillery Brigade / Truehart's Artillery Battalion (April-May 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Fuller's Artillery Brigade / Truehart's Artillery Battalion (February-April 1864)
- Army of Mississippi / Cantey's/Walthall's Division / Artillery Battalion (May-July 1864)
- Army of Mississippi / Artillery / Preston's/Truehart's Battalion (July 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Truehart's Battalion (July 1864-January 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Artillery Reserves etc. / Defenses of Mobile (Right Wing) / Truehart's Artillery Battalion (March-April 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Smith's Regiment / Truehart's Artillery Battalion (April-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Joseph J. Selden (Captain)
- Charles W. Lovelace (Captain)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 15)