(Washington) Louisiana Artillery Battalion / Battery E

Regimental History and Service Record

• March 6, 1862 - Organized for 90 days in Lafayette Square, New Orleans
• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
  • Armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores, two 6-lb. Rifles, and two 12-lb. Howitzers
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
  • April 29, 1862 - Monterey
  • May 9, 1862 - Farmington
• August-October 1862 - Kentucky Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Munfordville
  • October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• December 31, 1862 - Overall's Creek
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• July 10-17, 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November 23-25, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• March 29, 1864 - Armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 12-lb. Howitzers
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
  • June 25-27, 1864 - Dallas
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 5-7, 1864 - Murfreesboro
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• March 27-April 8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered by Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)

DESIGNATIONS

• March 1862 - Department #1
• March-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles'/Cheatham's/Ruggles' Division / Anderson's Brigade
• June-July 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Brigade
• July-August 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Jones' Division / Anderson's Brigade
• August-November 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Division / Anderson's/Adams' Brigade
• November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Division / Adams' Brigade
• December 1862-May 1863 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Adams' Brigade
• May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Breckinridge's Division / Adams' Brigade
• July 1863 - Department of the West / Breckinridge's Division / Artillery Battalion
• July-August 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Breckinridge's Division / Artillery Battalion
• August 1863-February 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Artillery Battalion
• February-April 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Artillery / Cobb's Battalion
• April 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Artillery / Cobb's Battalion
• March-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Artillery Reserves, etc. / Defenses of Mobile / Right Wing / Cobb's Artillery Battalion
• April-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Smith's Artillery Regiment / Cobb's Artillery Battalion

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: W. Irving Hodgson (Captain)
• Cuthbert H. Slocomb (Captain)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 41-)