(Helena) Arkansas Artillery Battery
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- April 29, 1861 - Organized in State Service
- July 4, 1861 - Mustered out of State Service
- July 6, 1861 - Reorganized for Confederate Service
- April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
- Armed with two 12-lb. Howitzers and two 6-lb. Smoothbores
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1862 - Murfreesboro
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- March 29-April 1, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb. Howitzers
- At times served as the 20th Alabama Light Artillery Battalion / Battery C
- Also served as the 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion / Battery H
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 27, 1864 - Pickett's Mill
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- April 21, 1865 - Surrendered at Macon, Georgia
DESIGNATIONS
- Upper District of Arkansas (August-October 1861)
- Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Artillery (October 1861-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Cleburne's Brigade (March-July 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Buckner's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (July-August 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Buckner's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (July-August 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of Kentucky / Cleburne's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (August-October 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Buckner's Division / Cleburne's Brigade (October-November 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Buckner's/Cleburne's Division / Cleburne's/Polk's Brigade (November 1862-August 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Cleburne's Division / Artillery Battalion (August-November 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Cleburne's Division / Artillery Battalion (November 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Artillery / Hotchkiss' Battalion (February-December 1864)
- Department of Tennessee and Georgia / District of Georgia (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: A.W. Clarkson (Captain)
- John H. Calvert (Captain)
- Thomas J. Key (Captain)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Cate, Wirt Armistead, ed. [Soldiers, The Campaign Diaries of Thomas J. Key, C.S.A., December 7, 1863-May 17, 1865, and Robert J. Campbell, U.S.A., January 1, 1864-July 21, 1864]
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 3)
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 40-41)