Alabama State Artillery Battery
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- Also known as:
- Garrity's (Alabama) Artillery Battery
- Ketchum's (Alabama) Artillery Battery
- May 4, 1861[1] - Organized at Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- October 9, 1861 - Santa Rosa Island
- March 9-14, 1862 - Expedition toward Purdy and Operations about Crump's Landing
- April 6-7, 1862 -
Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
- Armed with four 6 lb. Smoothbores and two 12 lb. Howitzers
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 1864[2] - Farmington
- September 17, 1862 - Munfordville
- October 17-20, 1862 - Wildcat Gap
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- May 19, 1863 - Armed with two 6 lb. Smoothbores and two 12 lb Howitzers
- June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Battle of Chattanooga
- March 29, 1864-April 1, 1864 - Armed with two 3 inch Rifles and two 10 lb. Parrotts
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- June 1864 - Marietta
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- October 13, 1864 - Resaca
- October 23, 1864 - King's Hill (one section)
- October 25, 1864 - Gadsden Road (section)
- November 29, 1864 - Columbia
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-15, 1864 - Nashville
- March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
- April 2-8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Alabama and West Florida / Army of Pensacola (October 1861-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / D.W. Adams' Brigade (March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Pond's/Ruggles' Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Chalmers' Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Division / Chalmers' Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi (Right Wing) / Withers' Division / Chalmers' Brigade (August-November 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Withers' Division / Chalmers' Brigade (November 1862-March 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Withers'/Hindman's Division / Deas' Brigade (March-August 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hindman's Division / Anderson's Brigade (September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hindman's Division / Artillery Battalion (September 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Hindman's Division / Artillery Battalion (November 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Artillery / Courtney's Battalion (February 1864-January 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Artillery Reserves etc. / Defenses of Mobile (Left Wing) / Hoxton's Artillery Battalion (March-April 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Fuller's Brigade / Hoxton's Artillery Battalion (April-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William H. Ketchum (Captain)
- James Garrity (Captain)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 14, 17, 21-23)
- https://www.civilwarhome.com/ketchumalaart.html