(Orleans Guard) Louisiana Artillery Battery / Battery A

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as:
  • (Girardey's) Louisiana Artillery Battery
  • (Le Gardeur's) Louisiana Artillery Battery

• July 11, 1863 - Organized by detaching those members of the 10th Missouri Artillery Battery who had previously served in the (Orleans Guard) Louisiana Artillery Battery per Army of Tennessee / Special Order #183
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 1863 - Upon its arrival in Charleston, South Carolina, the battery received the guns of the (Chestatee) Georgia Artillery Battery
• April 2-May 3, 1864 - Armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 12-lb. Howitzers
• July 10, 1864 - Fort Johnson and Battery Simkins
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• January 6, 1865 - Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleons and two 3.5" Blakelys
• March 16, 1865 - Averasboro

DESIGNATIONS

• July-September 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Artillery Reserve
• September-November 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Artillery Reserve / Robertson's Battalion
• November 1863-July 1864 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Unattached
• July-August 1864 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Ripley's Brigade
• October-December 1864 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Brigade
• December 1864-January 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / 2nd Light Artillery Brigade
• December 1864-January 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / 2nd Light Artillery Brigade
• January-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Brigade
• February-March 1865 - Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Artillery Brigade
• March-April 1865 - Hardee's Corps / Artillery / Rhett's Battalion
• April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Rhett's Artillery Battalion

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: G. Le Gardeur (Jr.) (Captain)
• Camille E. Girardey (Captain)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 75)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 23, 28-29)