2nd Arkansas (Field) Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as (II) (Dallas) Arkansas Artillery Battery

• June-August 1862 - Organized as the successor to the (I) (Dallas) Arkansas Artillery Battery
  • ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
• January 1863 - Armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 10-lb. Parrotts
• January 11, 1863 - Surrendered at Arkansas Post
• March 1863 - "Liberated" from Camp Butler, Illinois prisoner-of-War camp
• September 1864 - Reorganized west of the Mississippi River
• November 19, 1864 - Designated 2nd Field Battery
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of the West / 1st Corps / Garland's Brigade (September-December 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 2nd Corps / Churchill's Division / Garland's Brigade (December 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Churchill's Division / Garland's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / Unattached / Siege Train (September-November 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / Unattached / 8th Light Artillery Battalion (November 1864-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William Hart (Captain)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 33-34, 40)