1st Louisiana Field Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as
- St. Mary's Cannoneers
- (Cornay's) Louisiana Artillery Battery
- (Gordy's) Louisiana Artillery Battery
- October 7, 1861 - Organized and mustered into Confederate States Service at Franklin
- April 18-25, 1862 - New Orleans
- April 26, 1862 - Captured at Fort Jackson
- Mid-1862 - Exchanged
- April 13-14, 1863 - Fort Bisland [section]
- April 14, 1863 - Irish Bend [2 sections]
- June 4, 1863 - Atchafalaya River vs. USS Estrella
- June 4, 1863 - Atchafalaya River vs. gunboats
- July 7-10, 1863 - vs. gunboats on the Mississippi River
- July 12-13, 1863 - Cox's Plantation, near Donaldsonville
- November 18-21, 1863 - Hog Point vs. gunboats and transports
- April 8, 1864 - Mansfield
- April 9, 1864 - Pleasant Hill
- April 26-27, 1864 - Junction of the Cane and Red Rivers
- May 10-22, 1864 - The Red River Campaign
- May 16, 1864 - Mansura
- May 18, 1864 - Yellow Bayou
- November 19, 1864 - Designated as the 1st Field Artillery Battery
- May 1865 - Armed with two 24-lb. Howitzers and two 12-lb. Howitzers
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- October 1861-March 1862 - Department #1
- April 1862 - Department #1 / Coast Defenses [Duncan's Command] / Forts Jackson and St. Philip [Higgins' Command] / Fort Jackson
- September 1862-December 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Artillery
- December 1863-May 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Mouton's/Polignac's Division / Artillery
- May-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Polignac's Division / Faries' Artillery Battalion
- September-November 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / (Polignac's) 2nd Division / (Faries') 3rd Mounted Artillery Battalion
- December 1864-March 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / (Forney's) 1st Texas Division / (Squiers') 4th Mounted Artillery Battalion
- March-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / (Polignac's/Thomas') 2nd Division / (Squiers') 3rd Field Artillery Battalion
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Florian O. Cornay (Captain)
- Minos T. Gordy (Captain)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 163)
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 5-6, 19, 23, 33)