1st Arkansas (Field) Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as (Adams) Arkansas Artillery Battery
- April 1861 - Organized
- Mustered into Arkansas State service
- December 1, 1861 - Mustered in Confederate Service
- March 7, 1862 - Pea Ridge
- May 16, 1862 - Reorganized
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- October 7, 1862 - Hatchie Bridge
- December 3, 1862 - Oakland, Mississippi
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Regiment surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled later this month
- November 1863 - Declared exchanged
- November 28, 1863-January 5, 1864 - One section with two 3" Rifles
- September 1864 - Reorganized west of the Mississippi River
- November 19, 1864 - Designated 1st Field Battery
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
- At time of surrender, armed with four 6-lb. Smoothbores
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (December 1861-January 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / McCulloch's Division / Hébert's Brigade (January-February 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / McCulloch's Division / Artillery (February-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Price's Division / Frost's Artillery Brigade (March-April 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the West / Jones'/Maury's Division / Roane's/Phifer's Brigade (April-September 1862)
- Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Phifer's Brigade (September-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Phifer's Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Light Artillery (January-February 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Mary's/Forney's Division / Unattached (March-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forney's Division / Unattached (April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Smith's Division / Shoup's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Unattached [one section] (November-December 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Cosby's Brigade [one section] (December 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Unattached (December 1863-January 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi District / 2nd Corps / 1st (Churchill's) Arkansas Division / 5th (Blocher's) Light Artillery Battalion (January 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: James J. Gaines (Captain)
- Francis McNally (Captain)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 32-33, 38)