1st Missouri (Field) Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

Also referred to as:
- (Roberts') Artillery Battery
- (Ruffner's) Artillery Battery

Late 1862 - Organized
August/September 1863 - Armed with 4 guns
August 1, 1863-September 14, 1863 - vs. Steele's Little Rock Expedition
October 25, 1863 - Pine Bluff
March-May 1864 - Red River Campaign
- March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
- April 30, 1864 - Jenkins' Ferry
November 19, 1864 - Designated the 1st Field Artillery Battery per Trans-Mississippi Department / Special Order #290
May 26, 1865 - Armed with four 6-lb. Smoothbores
May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

December 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / Parsons' Division / Shaver's Brigade
January-February 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Hindman's Division / Frost's Brigade
May-June 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Frost's Division / Clark's Brigade
July-September 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Shelby's Brigade
October 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Marmaduke's/Greene's Brigade
December 1863-March 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Price's/Drayton's Division / Drayton's/Clark's Brigade
March-April 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Parsons' Missouri Division / Clark's Brigade
April 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Louisiana / Detachment District of Arkansas / Parsons' Missouri Division / Clark's Brigade
April-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Parsons' Missouri Division / Clark's Brigade
September 1864-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 2nd Corps / (Blocher's) 5th Artillery Battalion

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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 72, 85)