2nd Missouri Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as:
- the Clark Artillery
- (Clark's) Artillery Battery
- (King's) Artillery Battery
- Early 1862 - Organized by the change in designation of (Clark's) Missouri State Guard Artillery Battery
- March 7-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
- April 26, 1862 - Reorganized
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- September 19, 1862 - Iuka
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- March 5, 1863 - Thompson's Station
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- July 5-23, 1863 - Armed with four 10-lb. Parrots
- November 28, 1863-January 5, 1864 - Armed with two 3" Rifles and two 12-lb. Howitzers
- February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
- ~May 1, 1864 - Armed with four 3" Rifles
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- November 1864-January 1865 - Franklin-Nashville Campaign
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered by Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)
DESIGNATIONS
- March-April 1862 - Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Missouri State Guard / Confederate Volunteers / Little's Brigade
- March-April 1862[1] - Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Price's Division / Steen's Brigade
- April-July 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the West / Price's/Little's Division / Green's Brigade
- September-October 1862 - Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Little's/Hébert's Division / Hébert's Brigade
- October 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Hébert's/Bowen's Division / Hébert's Brigade
- October-December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade
- December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Bowen's Division / Green's Brigade
- January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps / Artillery
- February-May 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Artillery
- May 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Artillery
- June-July 1863 - Department of the West / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Artillery
- July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Artillery
- July-August 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Cosby's Brigade
- September 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Whitfield's Brigade
- November-December 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Cosby's Brigade
- December 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Ross' Brigade
- January-March 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Ross' Brigade
- April-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Lee's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Starke's Brigade
- May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Artillery Battalion
- July-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Artillery Battalion
- November 1864-February 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Jackson's Division / Artillery Battalion
- February-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of Mississippi and East Louisiana[2] / [Sub-]District of South Mississippi and East Louisiana
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Samuel Churchill Clark (Captain)
- Houston King (Captain)
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Notes
Sources
- Anderson, Ephraim McD., Historical and Personal; Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade
- Bevier, R.S., History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades 1861-1865.
- 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 72-74, 79, 83, 141)