(Guibor's) Missouri Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• Early 1862 - Organized by the transfer of (Guibor's) Missouri State Guard Artillery Battery to Confederate States Service
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• June 30, 1862 - (Gibson's/Brown's) Louisiana Artillery Battery merged into this unit
• September 19, 1862 - Iuka
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• March 19, 1863 - Grand Gulf
• March 31, 1863 - Grand Gulf
• April 29, 1863 - Grand Gulf
• April 29-July 4, 1863 - Armed with four 6-lb. Smoothbores
• May-July 1863 - The Vicksburg Campaign
  • May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
  • May 16, 1863 - Champion's Hill
  • May 17, 1863 - Big Black River Bridge
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
    • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    • Paroled there later that month
    • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• November 28, 1863-May 19, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleons
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• November 1864-January 1865 - Franklin-Nashville Campaign
  • December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• Early 1865 - Apparently disbanded and the men assigned to other batteries

DESIGNATIONS

• March-April 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's Division / Frost's Artillery Brigade
• April-May 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's Division / Frost's/Clark's Artillery Brigade
• May-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Clark's Artillery Brigade
• June-July 1862 - Department #2 / Reserve Artillery
• September-October 1862 - Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Little's/Hébert's/Green's Division / Green's Brigade
• October-December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade
• December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade
• January 1863 - Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Price's Division / Missouri Brigade
• April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Forney's/Bowen's Division / Missouri Brigade
• April-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Bowen's Division / Missouri Brigade
• November 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Missouri Brigade
• January-February 1864 - Department of the Gulf / Missouri Brigade
• February-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Artillery Battalion
• May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / French's Division / Artillery Battalion
• July 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Artillery / Storr's Battalion

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Henry Guibor (Captain)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Anderson, Ephraim McD., Historical and Personal; Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade
• Bevier, R.S., History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades 1861-1865.
• 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 80-81)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 23)