12th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion / Battery A
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- Also referred to as the (Orleans) Louisiana Independent Artillery
- Early 1862 - Organized by the assignment of the 1st Louisiana Zouaves Infantry Battalion / Company E[1]
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days' Battles [In Reserve]
- September 7, 1862 - Port Hudson vs. U.S.S. Essex
- March 14, 1863 - Port Hudson Bombardment
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson
- July 8, 1863 - Surrendered at Port Hudson, Louisiana
- Paroled in July 1863
- Some of the remnants served with the 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery
- Others served independently around Mobile
- July 8, 1863 - Surrendered at Port Hudson, Louisiana
- August 5-23, 1864 - Mobile Bay
- March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered by Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)
DESIGNATIONS
- January-April 1862 - Department of the Peninsula / Rains' Division
- April-May 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Rains' Brigade
- May-August 1862 - Army of Northern Virginia / Reserve Artillery
- September-October 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 1st Sub-District
- October 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- October 1862-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Heavy Artillery
- January-April 1864 - Department of the Gulf / Higgins' Heavy Artillery Brigade
- April 1864-January 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Higgins'/Fuller's Heavy Artillery Brigade
- March-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Artillery Reserves, etc. / Defenses of Mobile / Left Wing / Clinch's Artillery Battalion
- April-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Fuller's Artillery Brigade / Clinch's Battalion
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Paul Francis De Gournay (Captain)
- John M. Kean (Captain)
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Notes
- ↑ Sifakis 62 lists August
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 13-14, 62)