3rd Maryland Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

September 1861 - Organized at Ashland, Virginia
- January 14, 1862 - Mustered in Confederate Service at Richmond, Virginia
February 24, 1863 - C.S.S. Queen of the West vs. the U.S.S. Indianola [section]
March 21, 1863 - Deer Creek [detachment]
April 14, 1863 - Destruction of the C.S.S. Queen of the West
- One section participated, captured
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 4, 1863 - near Greeneville, Mississippi vs. the U.S.S. Minnesota
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- May 18, 1863 - Island #82, Mississippi River [section]
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
July 12, 1863 - Paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi
July 10-17, 1863 - Siege of Jackson [detachment]
September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
October 1863 - Re-organized at Decatur Georgia as the Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery Battery

DESIGNATIONS

Department #2 / District of East Tennessee / Leadbetter's Brigade (February-March 1862)
Department of East Tennessee / Reynolds' Brigade (March-July 1862)
Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Reynolds' Brigade (July-October 1862)
Department of East Tennessee / Heth's Division / Reynolds' Brigade (October-December 1862)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Reynolds' Brigade (January-February 1863)
Aboard the C.S.S. Queen of the West [section] (February-April 1863)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Stevenson's Division / Artillery Battalion (April 1863)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Artillery Battalion (April-July 1863)

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Goldsborough, William Worthington. The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865. Middle Atlantic States Historical Publications Series, no. 19.
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 55-56)