Organization: Organized at New Orleans on April
15, 1862. Mustered into Confederate service at Jackson, Mississippi
on May 16, 1862. It was armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores, two
6-lb. Rifles, and two 12-lb. Howitzers from October 24, 1862 to July 1863.
It was armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 12-lb. Howitzers from December
12, 1863 to March 29, 1864. Surrendered by Lieutenant General
Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East
Louisiana, at Citronelle, Alabama on May 4, 1865. Actually
surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi on May 10, 1865.
First Commander: Charles E. Fenner, CPT
Assignments: Department #1 (Apr-Jun 62);
Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana (Jun-Jul 62); 1st
Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (Jul-Oct 62);
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (Oct 62); 3rd Military District,
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (Oct 62-Jan 63); Maxey's Brigade,
3rd Military District, Department of Mississippi and Louisiana (Jan-May 63);
Maxey's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of the West (May-Jun 63);
Maxey's Brigade, French's Division, Department of the West (Jun-Jul 63);
Artillery Battalion, French's Division, Department of Mississippi and East
Louisiana (Jul-Aug 63); Maxey's Brigade, French's Division, Department of
Mississippi and East Louisiana (Aug-Sep 63); Cantey's Brigade, Department of
the Gulf (Sep-Nov 63); Artillery Battalion, Stewart's Division, 2nd Corps,
Army of Tennessee (Dec 63-Feb 64); Eldridge's Battalion, Artillery, 2nd Corps,
Army of Tennessee (Feb 64-Jan 65); Hoxton's Artillery Battalion, Left Wing,
Defenses of Mobile, Artillery Reserves, etc., District of the Gulf, Department
of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (Mar-Apr 65); Hoxton's Battalion,
Fuller's Artillery Regiment, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East
Louisiana (Apr-May 65)
Battles: Jackson Siege (July 10-17, 1863);
Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863); Atlanta Campaign (May-September
1864); Mill Creek Gap (May 8-11, 1864); Rocky Face Ridge (May 9,
1864); Resaca (May 14-15, 1864); New Hope Church (May 25-June 4,
1864); Atlanta Siege (July-September 1864); Nashville (December
15-16, 1864), Mobile (March 17-April 12, 1865)
From Bergeron, La. Confed. Units, 30-31:
"This battery was organized May 16, 1862, at Jackson,
Mississippi, from men of the disbanded 1st
[Dreux's/Rightor's] Louisiana Infantry Battalion.
The battery had two 12-pounder howitzers, two 6-pounder rifled guns, and two
6-pounder smoothbores. The first duty station for the battery was Port
Hudson, Louisiana. It occupied part of the fortifications there and
may have fired on Union naval vessels in September, 1862. In January,
1863, the battery was assigned to General Samuel B. Maxey's brigade.
With that unit, the battery moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in early
May, 1863. During the Federal campaign against Jackson, July
5-25, the battery participated in several skirmishes with the enemy; at
least 2 men were killed. The battery was in various camps in eastern
Mississippi through the summer of 1863 and received orders to
report to Mobile, Alabama, in September. From Mobile,
the battery went to the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia, in December.
The battery served in General John B. Hood's Corps during the Atlanta
Campaign, May-July 1864, and saw action at Mill Creek Gap, Resaca,
and New Hope Church. In the latter battle, the men repulsed an
enemy attack that came within fifty to sixty yards of their guns.
Following the battles around Atlanta, the battery went with the army on
its invasion of Tennessee. When the army reached the vicinity of Nashville,
General Hood detached the battery to operate with General Nathan B. Forrest's
cavalry against a Federal garrison at Murfreesboro. The battery
had to bury three of its cannon during the retreat from Tennessee to prevent
them from falling into enemy hands. At Tupelo, Mississippi, the
men apparently gave up their other guns to another command and reported for
duty at Mobile. There they took over some of the large siege
cannons in the city's defenses. Mobile fell to the enemy on April
12, 1865, and the men marched to Meridian, Mississippi, armed with
muskets. The battery was paroled at Meridian on May 10, 1865.
During the war, approximately 127 men served in the battery."
CSRC, M320, roll 50
ROSTER
ADDISON, H. S. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
BRUNET,
B. T. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
BRUNET,
R. H., Jr. Pvt. // CSRC, Index. // Served also in
Company
F, 1st (Dreux's/Rightor's) Battalion Infantry.
BRUNET,
W. M. Pvt. // CSRC, Index. Served also in Company
F, 1st (Dreux's/Rightor's) Battalion Infantry.
DAVID,
A. Pvt. En. 16 May 62,
Jackson, MS. Pres. to Dec 63.
[NFR.] (B1:543)
DAVID,
W. E. Pvt. En. 16 May 62,
Jackson, MS. Pres. to Oct 62.
[NFR.] (B1:546)
HENRIQUES, A. D. Pvt. // CSRC,
Index. // Served also in Company F, 1st (Dreux's/Rightor's) Battalion
Infantry; & Company E, Crescent Regiment Infantry.
JUDICE,
E. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
MILLER,
______. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
MILLER,
C. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
MILLER,
G. W. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
// Same
G.W.M. as in Watson Battery?
MILLER,
J. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
PECOT, J. T. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
// Served also in Company C, Confederate Guards Regiment, Volunteer
State Troops Militia Infantry.
PECOT, S. J. Bugler. // CSRC, Index.
// Served also in Company C, Confederate Guards Regiment, Volunteer
State Troops Militia Infantry as Pvt.
PERRIN, C. M. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
REED, Thomas. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
RENAUD,
J. K. Cpl. // CSRC, Index.
RENAUD,
William H. Pvt. // CSRC,
Index: W. H. RENAUD, William H. RENAUD.
// Served also in Company C, Confederate Guards Regiment, Volunteer State
Troops Militia Infantry.
SMITH, C. A. Artificer. // CSRC,
Index.
SMITH, H. S. Pvt.
From Company
B, 1st (Dreux's/Rightor's) Battalion Infantry. // CSRC, Index.
SMITH, M. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
ST. GERMAIN, Henri. Pvt. // CSRC,
Index: H. ST. GERMAIN, Henri ST. GERMAIN.
VOORHIES,
George. Pvt. // CSRC, Index:
George Voorhees.
YOUNG,
C. Sgt. // CSRC, Index.
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Individuals from Cajun-listed families, CSRC Index
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