Marion (South Carolina) Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• December 20, 1860-April 14, 1861 - Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
• Early 1861 - Organized
• ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
• March 29, 1862 - Edisto Island
• June 21, 1862 - Simmons' Bluff
• July 30, 1863 - near Grimball's Landing, James Island
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• December 25, 1863 - Legareville
• May 3, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb Napoleons
• July 30, 1864 - Armed with two 12-lb Napoleons and two 10-lb Parrotts
• January 6, 1865 - Armed with four 12-lb Napoleons
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Charleston Harbor / Morris Island (April 1861)
• Charleston Harbor / Bonham's Division / Simons' Brigade (April 1861)
• Charleston Harbor (April-August 1861)
• Department of South Carolina (August-November 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (November-December 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (December 1861-June 1862)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina (June 1862-July 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division (July-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Division / Unattached (September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Western Division / Light Artillery (October-November 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (December 1863-July 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Robertson's Brigade (July-December 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / 2nd Light Artillery Battalion (December 1864-January 1865)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Brigade (January-February 1865)
• Hardee's Corps / Taliaferro's Division / Rhett's Artillery Battalion (February-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Rhett's Artillery Battalion (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: J. Gadsden King (Captain)
• Edward L. Parker (Captain)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 22-23)