1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery

Regimental History and Service Record

• February 5, 1861 - Organized in militia service
  • March 13, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate States Service
• April 18-25, 1862 - New Orleans
• April 26, 1862 - Companies B/C/D/E/F/H/K surrendered at the fall of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
  • Fall 1862 - Exchanged
• May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments [Companies A/G/I]
• March 31, 1863 - Grand Gulf [Company A]
• April 16, 1863 - Vicksburg Passage
• April 29, 1863 - Grand Gulf [Company A]
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    • Paroled here later that month
    • Early 1864 - Declared exchanged
• 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) (6 companies)

DESIGNATIONS

• March 1861-April 1862 - Department #1
• November 1861-April 1862 - Department #1 / Coast Defenses [Duncan's Command] / Forts Jackson and St. Philip [Higgins' Command] / Fort Jackson [Companies B/C/D/E/F/H/K]
• May 1862 - Department #1 [Companies A/G/I]
• May-June 1862 - Department #1 / Defenses of Vicksburg [Companies A/G/I]
• June-July 1862 - Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana / Smith's Brigade [Companies A/G/I]
• July 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Smith's Brigade [Companies A/G/I]
• July-October 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 2nd/3rd Sub-District [Companies A/G/I]
• October 1862 - Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana
• October 1862-January 1863 - Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District
• January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Unattached
• January-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Beltzhoover's/Lee's Brigade
• April-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / River Batteries [Higgins' Command]
• November 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forney's Division / Beltzhoover's Brigade
• January 1864-January 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Fuller's/Higgins'/Fuller's Artillery Brigade
• March-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Artillery Reserves, etc. / Defenses of Mobile / Left Wing / Clinch's Artillery Battalion [Companies C/I]
• March-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Artillery Reserves, etc. / Burnet's Command [Companies A/B/D/G]
• April-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Fuller's Brigade [Companies C/I]
• April-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Burnet's Brigade [Companies A/B/D/G]

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Paul O. Hébert (Colonel)
• James B. Anderson (Major)
• Daniel M. Beltzhoover (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William Capers (Major)
• Henry A. Clinch (Major)
• Johnson K. Duncan (Major)
• Charles A. Fuller (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Raymond Montaigne (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 6-7)