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By October 18, 1862, Brown's Arkansas Battery, with four iron 6 pounder guns was located at Pittman's Ferry, in Randolph County, Arkansas, With Colonel Colton Green's Missouri Cavalry Regiment.<ref>Pinnell, Eathan A., "Serving with Honor: The Diary of Captain Eathan Allen Pinnell Eighth Missouri (Confederate)", (Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop, Jun 1, 1999), Page 18, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://books.google.com/books?id=XRnUa2ZPP00C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Louis+W.+Brown+Arkansas+Battery&source=bl&ots=pZPZ4D69Gx&sig=xu2gsnKEwyrz8sug2UDNtCdUtew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RLoqUYbgBMSZ2QWyuYDwDw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20W.%20Brown%20Arkansas%20Battery&f=false</ref> The battery fought at the [[Battle of Clark's Mill]] on November 7, 1862 in [[Douglas County, Missouri]].<ref>Pinnell, Eathan A., "Serving with Honor: The Diary of Captain Eathan Allen Pinnell Eighth Missouri (Confederate)", (Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop, Jun 1, 1999), Page 19, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://books.google.com/books?id=XRnUa2ZPP00C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Louis+W.+Brown+Arkansas+Battery&source=bl&ots=pZPZ4D69Gx&sig=xu2gsnKEwyrz8sug2UDNtCdUtew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RLoqUYbgBMSZ2QWyuYDwDw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20W.%20Brown%20Arkansas%20Battery&f=false</ref>
By October 18, 1862, Brown's Arkansas Battery, with four iron 6 pounder guns was located at Pittman's Ferry, in Randolph County, Arkansas, With Colonel Colton Green's Missouri Cavalry Regiment.<ref>Pinnell, Eathan A., "Serving with Honor: The Diary of Captain Eathan Allen Pinnell Eighth Missouri (Confederate)", (Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop, Jun 1, 1999), Page 18, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://books.google.com/books?id=XRnUa2ZPP00C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Louis+W.+Brown+Arkansas+Battery&source=bl&ots=pZPZ4D69Gx&sig=xu2gsnKEwyrz8sug2UDNtCdUtew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RLoqUYbgBMSZ2QWyuYDwDw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20W.%20Brown%20Arkansas%20Battery&f=false</ref> By early November, the battery was assigned to a small brigade of Missouri Cavarly, including the 3rd Misouri Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Q. Burbridge.<ref>McGhee, James E. "Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865", (University of Arkansas Press, Mar 31, 2008), Page 69, http://books.google.com/books?id=s3drwVKNLLwC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=Louis+Brown's+arkansas+battery&source=bl&ots=98cd8qwHMn&sig=Ti-bp4LUB4AfjSQRvCyRqc8lPGI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X78qUZ38E5G-2AWrg4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20Brown's%20arkansas%20battery&f=false </ref> Under Burbridge's command, the battery fought at the [[Battle of Clark's Mill]] on November 7, 1862 in [[Douglas County, Missouri]].<ref>Pinnell, Eathan A., "Serving with Honor: The Diary of Captain Eathan Allen Pinnell Eighth Missouri (Confederate)", (Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop, Jun 1, 1999), Page 19, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://books.google.com/books?id=XRnUa2ZPP00C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Louis+W.+Brown+Arkansas+Battery&source=bl&ots=pZPZ4D69Gx&sig=xu2gsnKEwyrz8sug2UDNtCdUtew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RLoqUYbgBMSZ2QWyuYDwDw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20W.%20Brown%20Arkansas%20Battery&f=false</ref>


By December 1862, the battery was assigned to Colonel [[Joseph C. Porter]]'s Missouri Cavalry Brigade during General [[John S. Marmaduke]]'s December 1862 through January 1863 expedition through southern Missouri.<ref>United States. War Dept.. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 22, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., Book, 1888; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154600/m1/209/?q=Brown's : accessed February 24, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. </ref> This movement was two-pronged. Col. Porter led one column, comprising his Missouri Cavalry Brigade, out of Pocahontas, Arkansas, to assault Union posts around Hartville, Missouri. When he neared Hartville on January 9, he sent a detachment forward to reconnoiter. It succeeded in capturing the small militia garrison. The same day, Porter moved toward Marshfield. On January 10, some of Porter's men raided other Union installations in the area before making contact with Marmaduke's column east of Marshfield. Marmaduke had received reports of Union troops approaching to surround him and prepared for a confrontation.
By December 1862, the battery was assigned to Colonel [[Joseph C. Porter]]'s Missouri Cavalry Brigade during General [[John S. Marmaduke]]'s December 1862 through January 1863 expedition through southern Missouri.<ref>United States. War Dept.. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 22, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., Book, 1888; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154600/m1/209/?q=Brown's : accessed February 24, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. </ref> This movement was two-pronged. Col. Porter led one column, comprising his Missouri Cavalry Brigade, out of Pocahontas, Arkansas, to assault Union posts around Hartville, Missouri. When he neared Hartville on January 9, he sent a detachment forward to reconnoiter. It succeeded in capturing the small militia garrison. The same day, Porter moved toward Marshfield. On January 10, some of Porter's men raided other Union installations in the area before making contact with Marmaduke's column east of Marshfield. Marmaduke had received reports of Union troops approaching to surround him and prepared for a confrontation.

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Brown's Arkansas Artillery Battery (Confederate)
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CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceCSA Dixie
BranchArtillery
EngagementsAmerican Civil War

Template:Infobox Arkansas Confederate Artillery Batteries

The Brown's Arkansas Artillery Battery (1864-1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. Also known as: the Newton Artillery

Organization

When General Thomas C. Hindman arrived in Arkansas in late May, 1862 to assume command of the new Trans-Mississippi District, he found almost nothing to command. He quickly began organizing new regiments, but his most pressing need was for arms for the new forces he was organizing, including the artillery. One of his first acts was to order General Albert Pike, commanding the Indian Territory, to return Woodruff's Battery, also known as the Weaver Light Artillery to Arkansas. Louis W. Brown first had been elected Second Lieutenant in Capatin William E. Woodruff's militia battery, then known as the Totten Artillery on February 11, 1860[1] and he was still serving as a Lieutenant in Woodruff's battery at the time of this transfer. Woodruff's Battery was utilized to provide the officer cadre for several new batteries in the summer of 1862. Brown was promoted to Captain and ordered to command a battery to be organized from details from the infantry regiments of James H. McBride's brigade.

HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT,
Little Rock, Ark., August 1, 1862.
Special Orders, No. 42.
Capt. L. W. Brown will report immediately to Brig. Gen. J. H. McBride, at his headquarters at or near Batesville, to command a company of artillery for service with his brigade. General McBride will, if he finds it necessary, make details from his infantry, to form such a company, of one hundred and twenty men.
By command of Major-General Hindman,
R. C. NEWTON,
Chief of Staff.[2]

Another former member of Woodruff's battery, Sergeant Henry Halliburton[3] was promoted to serve one of Captain Brown's Lieutenants.[4] [5]


Little is known of this battery, except that it was named the "Newton Artillery" in honor of Col. Robert Crittenden Newton.[6] No muster rolls have ever been located. Historians have assembled a roster of thirth four unit members by examining the muster rolls of the regiments which detailed men to the battery.[7] Most of the thirty-four names which appear in the National Archives records under Brown's Arkansas Battery also can be found in the 27th Arkansas Regiment. Six each came from Companies "G" and "I"; another five were assigned from Company "F". Others appear to be from Companies "A", "B", "C", "E", "H" and "K".[8] Several Missouri men from Co B, Matlock's Ark Regiment, joined the battery. They previously had been members of Jeffers' Mo Independent Cavalry Company, the Swamp Rangers. One of them, Joseph Coker, later wrote a short paper, which is part of the Thomas Ewing Family Papers, Library of Congress,which is directed toward the Battle of Pilot Knob,Mo. However, he traces some of his prior experiences, including a little on his service in Brown's Battery.[9] The transfer of men from the 26th Arkansas to Brown's Battery was made permanent "by order of Gen. Hindman" as of August 12, 1862. This was also the date that transfers of men to other batteries (Hart's, etc.) were made permanent. It is also, coincidentally, the date of a reorganization of regiments in Arkansas in which new elections of officers were held, and some companies were shifted around, consolidated, etc.[10]

Battles

By October 18, 1862, Brown's Arkansas Battery, with four iron 6 pounder guns was located at Pittman's Ferry, in Randolph County, Arkansas, With Colonel Colton Green's Missouri Cavalry Regiment.[11] By early November, the battery was assigned to a small brigade of Missouri Cavarly, including the 3rd Misouri Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Q. Burbridge.[12] Under Burbridge's command, the battery fought at the Battle of Clark's Mill on November 7, 1862 in Douglas County, Missouri.[13]

By December 1862, the battery was assigned to Colonel Joseph C. Porter's Missouri Cavalry Brigade during General John S. Marmaduke's December 1862 through January 1863 expedition through southern Missouri.[14] This movement was two-pronged. Col. Porter led one column, comprising his Missouri Cavalry Brigade, out of Pocahontas, Arkansas, to assault Union posts around Hartville, Missouri. When he neared Hartville on January 9, he sent a detachment forward to reconnoiter. It succeeded in capturing the small militia garrison. The same day, Porter moved toward Marshfield. On January 10, some of Porter's men raided other Union installations in the area before making contact with Marmaduke's column east of Marshfield. Marmaduke had received reports of Union troops approaching to surround him and prepared for a confrontation.

On January 10, Col. Samuel Merrill commanded an approaching Union relief column from Houston, Missouri. He and his command arrived in Hartville that morning, discovered that the small garrison had already surrendered. His force went into camp on Wood's Fork of the Gasconade River. Early on the morning of January 11 the approaching Confederates under Porter made contact with Merrill's scouts and skirmishing commenced. Marmaduke believed he was being pressed by several forces, so he diverted Porter and Shelby's columns along another road to Hartville. Meanwhile, observing this movement, Merrill marched his force directly to Hartville where it took a strong defensive position on covered, high ground west of the courthouse. Shelby and Porter's brigades attempted to dislodge Merrill's force, but it was too strongly positioned. Over a four-hour period several Confederate assaults were made, each being repulsed in turn. Eventually Merrill withdrew most of his force. Both sides claimed victory in the Battle of Battle of Hartsville. Marmaduke had united his force and secured his line of withdrawal. He set up a field hospital in town and could claim to control the field briefly, however, he was compelled to make a rapid retreat into Arkansas and then an arduous trek to winter camp.[15][16] [17] [18]

Surrender

It is unclear when or where this battery surrendered.

References

  1. ^ The National Archives Publication Number: M317, Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas, Content Source: NARA, National Archives Catalog ID: 586957, Record Group: 109, State: Arkansas, Short Description: NARA M317. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Arkansas units, Roll: 0131, Military Unit: Thirteenth Infantry, S-Y AND Thirteenth Militia, Accessed 23 February 2013, http://www.fold3.com/image/#223417771
  2. ^ Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: Brown's battery", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 30 March 2005, Accessed 21 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=9964
  3. ^ The National Archives Publication Number: M317, Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas, Content Source: NARA, National Archives Catalog ID: 586957, Record Group: 109, State: Arkansas Short Description: NARA M317. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Arkansas units, Roll: 0040, Military Unit: Marshall's Battery, Light Artillery AND Owen's Battery, Light Artillery Accessed 23 February 2013, http://www.fold3.com/image/#198847573
  4. ^ Hoerton, Bryan R. "Brown's Battery", Arakansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 2/11/2011, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=23311
  5. ^ The National Archives Publication Number: M317, Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas, Content Source: NARA, National Archives Catalog ID: 586957 National Archives Catalog Title: Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations , compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865, Record Group: 109, State: Arkansas, Roll: 0255, Military Unit: Miscellaneous, Arkansas, A-I
  6. ^ Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: Brown's battery", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 30 March 2005, Accessed 21 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=9954
  7. ^ Hoerton, Bryan R. "Brown's Battery", Arakansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 2/11/2011, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=23311
  8. ^ Pitts, Allen, "Re: Brown's battery", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 23 October 2006, Accessed 21 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=13795
  9. ^ McGhee,Jim "Re: Brown's battery", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 30 March 2005, Accessed 21 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?read=9958
  10. ^ Howerton, Bryan R. "Attn: Bob Meeks, re Artillery Transfers", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 2 May 2007, Accessed 21 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=15501
  11. ^ Pinnell, Eathan A., "Serving with Honor: The Diary of Captain Eathan Allen Pinnell Eighth Missouri (Confederate)", (Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop, Jun 1, 1999), Page 18, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://books.google.com/books?id=XRnUa2ZPP00C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Louis+W.+Brown+Arkansas+Battery&source=bl&ots=pZPZ4D69Gx&sig=xu2gsnKEwyrz8sug2UDNtCdUtew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RLoqUYbgBMSZ2QWyuYDwDw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20W.%20Brown%20Arkansas%20Battery&f=false
  12. ^ McGhee, James E. "Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865", (University of Arkansas Press, Mar 31, 2008), Page 69, http://books.google.com/books?id=s3drwVKNLLwC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=Louis+Brown's+arkansas+battery&source=bl&ots=98cd8qwHMn&sig=Ti-bp4LUB4AfjSQRvCyRqc8lPGI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X78qUZ38E5G-2AWrg4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20Brown's%20arkansas%20battery&f=false
  13. ^ Pinnell, Eathan A., "Serving with Honor: The Diary of Captain Eathan Allen Pinnell Eighth Missouri (Confederate)", (Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop, Jun 1, 1999), Page 19, Accessed 24 February 2013, http://books.google.com/books?id=XRnUa2ZPP00C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Louis+W.+Brown+Arkansas+Battery&source=bl&ots=pZPZ4D69Gx&sig=xu2gsnKEwyrz8sug2UDNtCdUtew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RLoqUYbgBMSZ2QWyuYDwDw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Louis%20W.%20Brown%20Arkansas%20Battery&f=false
  14. ^ United States. War Dept.. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 22, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., Book, 1888; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154600/m1/209/?q=Brown's : accessed February 24, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.
  15. ^ Goman, Frederick W., Up From Arkansas: Marmaduke's First Missouri Raid Including the Battles of Springfield and Hartville, 1999
  16. ^ Historical Society of Wright County, Missouri, The Civil War Battle of Hartville and Related Events, 1997
  17. ^ Mudd, Joseph A., With Porter In North Missouri, 1904
  18. ^ Robinett, Paul M., Marmaduke's Expedition into Missouri: The Battles of Springfield and Hartville, January, 1863, Missouri Historical Review, January 1964

See also

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