(Monticello) Arkansas Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as the (Drew) Arkansas Light Artillery Battery
- February 8, 1862 - Organized for 1 year
- May 15, 1862 - Re-organized for the war
- January 1, 1863-November 28, 1863 - Armed with five 6-lb. Smoothbores and one 3.3-inch Rifle
- February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
- May 1, 1864 - Armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores, one 3.3-inch Rifle, and one 12-lb. Howitzer
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 1st Military District (October 1862-September 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Ferguson's Brigade (September 1863-January 1864)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (January 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Ferguson's Brigade (January-May 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / W. Adams' Cavalry Division / Artillery (May-June 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Liddell's Brigade (September-October 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Liddell's Division / Artillery (October-December 1864)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: James A. Owens (Captain)
- W.C. Howell (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. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 40, 43-44)
