(Pointe Coupée) Louisiana Artillery Battalion / Battery A

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as:
  • (Bouanchaud's) Louisiana Artillery Battery
  • (Stewart's) Louisiana Artillery Battery

• ~August 1861 - Organized
• November 7, 1861 - Belmont
• April 6-7, 1862 - Island #10
  • April 6, 1862 - Armed with one 10-lb. Parrott, two 12-lb. Howitzers, and three 6-lb. Smoothbores
• December 5, 1862 - Coffeeville
• February 16-19, 1863 - Yazoo Pass
• March 14, 1863 - Port Hudson Bombardment
• April 17-May 2, 1863 - Grierson's Raid
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg [section]
    • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi [one section]
    • Paroled there later that month
    • December 1863 - Many of the paroled and exchanged prisoners ended up in the 6th Louisiana Field Artillery Battery
  • Section of Battery C not surrendered merged into this unit
• July 10-17, 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• November 28, 1863-January 5, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb. Howitzers
• February-March 1864 - The Meridian Campaign
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 1, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleons
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • October 5, 1864 - Allatoona
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
  • Unit virtually wiped out
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered by Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana) (unit remnants)

DESIGNATIONS

• September-October 1861 - Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / McCown's Brigade
• October 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / McCown's Division / Neely's Brigade
• February-March 1862 - Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / McCown's Command / Unattached
• March-April 1862 - Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / McCown's Command / Gantt's Brigade
• April-May 1862 - Department #2 / Fort Pillow
• June 1862 - Department #2 / Grenada, Mississippi
• October 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
• December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Tilghman's Division / Artillery
• December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Lovell's Corps / Tilghman's Division / Artillery
• January-February 1863 - Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Rust's Brigade
• March-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Rust's Brigade
• April-May 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 4th Military District
• May 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
• May-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Barton's Brigade [section]
• May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
• July 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
• January-February 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade
• March-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Artillery Battalion
• May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Loring's Division / Myrick's Artillery Battalion
• July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Artillery / Myrick's Battalion
• July 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Artillery / Myrick's Battalion
• February-March 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of Central Alabama
• March-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of Alabama

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: R.A. Stewart (Captain)
• Alcide Bouanchaud (Captain)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 29-31, 32, 33)