1st Missouri Light Artillery / Battery H (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

• September 1, 1861 - Organized at St. Louis, Mo. from 1st Missouri Infantry (U) with full regiment

Attached to Dept, Missouri, to February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dist. Cairo, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, District of Corinth Miss., to November, 1862. Artillery, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, Distict of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty in Dept. of Missouri until February, 1862. Reconnaissance toward Fort Henry, Tenn., January 31-February 2. Capture of Fort Henry February 6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Expedition to Clarksville and Nashville, Tenn., February 22-March 6. Move to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.

• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Duty at Corinth until October. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Hatchie River October 5-12. Duty at Corinth until April, 1863. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., May 2-8. King's Creek, near Tupelo, May 5. At Corinth, Moscow and Lagrange until October. March to Pulaski, Tenn., October 30-November 11, and duty there until March, 1864. At Prospect, Tenn., until April.

• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Resaca, Georgia
    • May 9, 1864 - Combat at Resaca, Georgia
    • May 13, 1864 - Combat at Resaca, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River May 15.
  • Rome Cross Roads May 16.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Mill July 3-4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-7.
  • July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
  • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
• Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
• Reconnaissance on Cave Springs Road near Rome October 12-13.
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • Ogeechee Canal December 9.
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5.
  • South Edisto River February 9.
  • North Edisto River February 12-13.
  • Columbia February 15-17.
  • Little Cohora Creek, N. C., March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.
  • Mill Creek March 22.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Moved to Louisville, Ky.,
• Mustered out June 16, 1865.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 846, 1315)