(Washington) Louisiana Artillery Battalion / Battery A

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as:
  • (Owens') Louisiana Artillery Battery
  • (Squires') Louisiana Artillery Battery

• 1838 - Organized at New Orleans as a battery
• May 26, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States service in Lafayette Square, New Orleans
• July 18, 1861 - Blackburn's Ford
• July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
  • Armed with three 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 6-lb. Rifles
• September 4, 1861 - Great Falls
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 5, 1862 - New Bridge
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days Battles
  • June 26, 1862 - Mechanicsville
  • June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
  • June 29, 1862 - Savage's Station
  • June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
  • July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• July 5-7, 1862 - Operations vs. US Shipping on the James River
• August-December 1862 - Armed with one 10-lb. Parrott and two 3" Rifles
• August 23, 1862 - Rappahannock Station and Beverly Ford
• August 28-30, 1862 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
• September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Armed with one 12-lb. Napoleon
• July 5, 1863 - Waynesboro
• July 6, 1863 - Williamsport
• January-February 1864 - New Bern Campaign [detachment]
• May 10, 1864 - Chester Station
• May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
  • December 28, 1864 - Armed with one 10-lb. Parrott and three 3" Rifles
  • April 2, 1865 - Final Assault on Petersburg
• March-April 1865 - The Appomattox Campaign
• April 8, 1865 - Captured as part of Walker's Artillery Column

DESIGNATIONS

• July 1861 - Army of the Potomac / Early's Brigade
• July 1861 - Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Early's Brigade
• August-October 1861 - Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Reserve Artillery / Washington Artillery Battalion
• October 1861-February 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Reserve Artillery / Washington Artillery Battalion
• February-March 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Washington Artillery Battalion
• March-May 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Reserve Artillery / Washington Artillery Battalion
• June 1862 - Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Washington Artillery Battalion
• June-July 1862 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Washington Artillery Battalion
• August 1862-July 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Artillery Reserve / Washington Artillery Battalion
• July-September 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Artillery / Washington Artillery Battalion
• September 1863 - Department of North Carolina / Washington Artillery Battalion
• December 1863-May 1864 - Department of North Carolina / Walton's Artillery Command / Washington Artillery Battalion
• May 1864 - Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Washington Artillery Battalion
• May 1864 - Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Washington Artillery Battalion
• June 1864-April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Artillery / Washington Artillery Battalion

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Harry M. Isaacson (Captain)
• Edward Owen (Captain)
• Charles W. Squires (Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Bartlett, Napier, Soldier's Story of the War
• Owen, William Miller, Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery of New Orleans
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 29, 33, 34-35)