(Landis') Missouri Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• ~December 8, 1861 - Organized
• March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
• March 17, 1862 - Armed with four Howitzers
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• April 29-July 4, 1863 - Armed with 4 guns
• September 19, 1862 - Iuka
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• March 19, 1863 - Grand Gulf
• March 31, 1863 - Grand Gulf
• April 29, 1863 - Grand Gulf
• 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
• Apparently never reorganized after its exchange

DESIGNATIONS

• March 1862 - Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Price's Division / Green's Brigade
• March-April 1862 - Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / 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-July 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Clark's Artillery Brigade
• 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 / Missouri 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

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: John C. Landis (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 84-85)