(Washington) Louisiana Artillery Battalion / Battery D

Regimental History and Service Record

Also referred to as:
- (Eshleman's) Louisiana Artillery Battery
- (Norcom's) Louisiana Artillery Battery

January 1861 - Organized at New Orleans
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 two 6-lb. Smoothbores
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
August/September 1862 - Armed with two 12-lb. Howitzers and two 6-lb. Smoothbores
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
- Armed with two 12-lb. Howitzers and two 12-lb. Napoleons
May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Armed with one 12-lb. Howitzer and two 12-lb. Napoleons
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
May 16, 1864 - Port Walthall Junction
June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- December 28, 1864 - Armed with three 12-lb. Napoleons and one 10-lb. Parrott
March-April 1865 - The Appomattox Campaign
- April 8, 1865 - Captured as part of Walker's Artillery Column

DESIGNATIONS

July 1861 - Army of the Potomac / Reserve Artillery
July 1861 - Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Reserve Artillery
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

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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 21, 28, 39-41)