3rd Arkansas (Field) Artillery Battery
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- Also referred to as the:
- (Pulaski) Arkansas Artillery Battery
- (Little Rock) Arkansas Artillery Battery
- May 1861 - Organized
- July 15, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service
- August 10, 1861 - Wilson's Creek
- Armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 12-lb. Smoothbores
- Late 1861 - Mustered out of Confederate Service
- December 27, 1861 - Reorganized
- Mustered into Confederate Service
- July 4, 1863 - Helena
- September 10, 1863 - Little Rock
- March-May 1864 -
The Red River Campaign
- March-May 1864 -
The Camden Expedition
- March-May 1864 -
- November 19, 1864 - Designated as the 3rd Field Battery
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- McCulloch's Brigade (August-September 1861)
- Department #2 / McCulloch's Brigade (August-September 1861)
- Department of the Indian Territory (May 1862)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of the Indian Territory (May-August 1862)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas (August-December 1862)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / Shoup's Division / McRae's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Hindman's Division / McRae's Brigade (January-February 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Unattached / Hill's Artillery Battalion (April-May 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Price's Division / McRae's/Churchill's Brigade (May 1863-March 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Arkansas Division / Gause's Brigade (March-April 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Detachment from the District of Arkansas / Arkansas Division / Gause's Brigade (April 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Arkansas Division / Gause's Brigade (April-September 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / 2nd Corps / (Churchill's) 1st Arkansas Division / (Blocher's) 5th Light Artillery Battalion (September 1864-January 1865)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / Unattached (May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William E. Woodruff (Jr.) (Captain)
- Major: John G. Marshall
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 34-35, 43, 44)