2nd Missouri (Field) Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

Also referred to as:
- (Bledsoe's) Junior Artillery Battery
- (Collins') Artillery Battery

Mid-1862 - Organized
September 29, 1862 - Armed with 2 guns
September 30, 1862 - Newtonia
November 28, 1862 - Cane Hill
December 7, 1862 - Prairie Grove
December 31, 1862-January 25, 1863 - Marmaduke's Expedition into Missouri
January 8, 1863 - Springfield [detachment]
January 11, 1863 - Hartville [detachment]
April 17-May 2, 1863 - Marmaduke's Expedition into Missouri
- Armed with two 10-lb. Parrots and two 6-lb. Smoothbores
July 4, 1863 - Helena
August 1-September 14, 1863 - vs. Steele's Little Rock Expedition
August 27, 1863 - Bayou Meto
September 10, 1863 - Bayou Forche
September 10, 1863 - Fall of Little Rock
September 22-October 26, 1863 - Shelby's Raid in Arkansas and Missouri [section]
March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
- April 9-10, 1864 - Prairie d'Ane
- April 25, 1864 - Marks' Mills
May 20, 1864-November 19, 1864 - Armed with four guns
August-October 1864 - Price's Missouri Raid
November 19, 1864 - Designated the 2nd Field Artillery Battery per Trans-Mississippi Department / Special Order #290
May 26, 1865 - Armed with two 3.80" Rifles and two 12-lb. Howitzers
May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

September-October 1862 - Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Cooper's Division
November 1862-January 1863 - Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Shelby's Brigade
April 1863-May 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Marmaduke's Cavalry Division / Shelby's Brigade
August-September 1864 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of Missouri / Shelby's Cavalry Division / Shelby's Brigade
September 1864-May 1865 - Trans-Mississippi Department / Cavalry Corps / (Pratt's) 2nd Horse 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 74-75, 79)