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The Washington Artillery spent its entire existence in the Trans-Mississippi Army, serving in Arkansas and Louisiana. Initially equipped with six Parrott guns. The unit took an active part in the conflicts at Helena, Bayou Fourche, Sabine Cross Roads, and Pleasant Hill. It was assigned to W. R. Bradfute's, R. G. Shaver's, and Fagan's Brigade, and later W. D. Blocher's Battalion of Artillery, Trans-Mississippi Department. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan’s 2d Brigade of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s Division, Lt. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes’ District of Arkansas, in Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith’s Trans-Mississippi Department, and commanded by Capt. C.B. Etter. <ref>Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1244.]</ref>Toward the end of the war, the Washington Artillery was coverted to siege artillery, manning 8-inch Columbiads and siege guns at Grand Ecore and Alexandria, Louisiana. |
The Washington Artillery spent its entire existence in the Trans-Mississippi Army, serving in Arkansas and Louisiana. Initially equipped with six Parrott guns. The unit took an active part in the conflicts at Helena, Bayou Fourche, Sabine Cross Roads, and Pleasant Hill. It was assigned to W. R. Bradfute's, R. G. Shaver's, and Fagan's Brigade, and later W. D. Blocher's Battalion of Artillery, Trans-Mississippi Department. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan’s 2d Brigade of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s Division, Lt. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes’ District of Arkansas, in Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith’s Trans-Mississippi Department, and commanded by Capt. C.B. Etter. <ref>Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1244.]</ref>Toward the end of the war, the Washington Artillery was coverted to siege artillery, manning 8-inch Columbiads and siege guns at Grand Ecore and Alexandria, Louisiana. |
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On December 31, 1864, General E. Kirby Smith listed the battery as belonging to Blocher's Artillery Battalion of Acting Major General Churchill's First Infantry Division of Major General John B. Magruder's Second Army Corps, Army of the Trans-Mississippi.<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 41, In Four Parts. Part 4, Correspondence, Etc., Book, 1893; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145061/m1/1145/?q=zimmerman : accessed April 02, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas. </ref> |
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==Surrender== |
==Surrender== |
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At the close of the war the battery was serving heavy guns at Grand Ecore and Alexandria, La. The remnants of the battery surrendered at Alexandria, Louisiana, June 4, 1865.<ref>Howerton, Bryan R. "Trans-Mississippi artillery report", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 6 September 2007, Accessed 19 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=16548</ref> |
At the close of the war the battery was serving heavy guns at Grand Ecore and Alexandria, La. The remnants of the battery surrendered at Alexandria, Louisiana, June 4, 1865.<ref>Howerton, Bryan R. "Trans-Mississippi artillery report", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 6 September 2007, Accessed 19 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=16548</ref> |
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The 6th Arkansas Field Battery (1862-1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. Also known as: the Washington Artillery and Etter's Battery.
Organization
The Washington Artillery was organized at Washington, Hempstead county, Arkansas, on June 14, 1862, by Captain Chambers Brady Etter. The battery was later designated as the 6th Arkansas Field Battery.[1] The records of the Washington Artillery are highly fragmentary. One muster roll survives, dated January 7, 1863, "in Camp at Little Rock," when the battery was stationed on the grounds of St. John’s College. This roll probably only lists a third of the men who actually served with the Washington Artillery during the war. From other sources, such as prisoner-of-war records, pension applications, and postwar reminiscences, an expanded, but certainly a non-authoritative roster of most of the men has been developed.
Battles
The Washington Artillery spent its entire existence in the Trans-Mississippi Army, serving in Arkansas and Louisiana. Initially equipped with six Parrott guns. The unit took an active part in the conflicts at Helena, Bayou Fourche, Sabine Cross Roads, and Pleasant Hill. It was assigned to W. R. Bradfute's, R. G. Shaver's, and Fagan's Brigade, and later W. D. Blocher's Battalion of Artillery, Trans-Mississippi Department. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan’s 2d Brigade of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s Division, Lt. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes’ District of Arkansas, in Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith’s Trans-Mississippi Department, and commanded by Capt. C.B. Etter. [2]Toward the end of the war, the Washington Artillery was coverted to siege artillery, manning 8-inch Columbiads and siege guns at Grand Ecore and Alexandria, Louisiana.
On December 31, 1864, General E. Kirby Smith listed the battery as belonging to Blocher's Artillery Battalion of Acting Major General Churchill's First Infantry Division of Major General John B. Magruder's Second Army Corps, Army of the Trans-Mississippi.[3]
Surrender
At the close of the war the battery was serving heavy guns at Grand Ecore and Alexandria, La. The remnants of the battery surrendered at Alexandria, Louisiana, June 4, 1865.[4]
See also
- Book:Arkansas Confederate Infantry Units
- Book:Arkansas Confederates, The Cavalry and Artillery Units
- List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
- Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
- Confederate Units by State
- Arkansas in the American Civil War
- Arkansas Militia in the Civil War
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service
References
- ^ Gerdes, Edward G., "Organization of the Artillery in 1864", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 2 June 2010, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/artillry.html
- ^ Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1244.]
- ^ United States. War Dept.. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 41, In Four Parts. Part 4, Correspondence, Etc., Book, 1893; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145061/m1/1145/?q=zimmerman : accessed April 02, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.
- ^ Howerton, Bryan R. "Trans-Mississippi artillery report", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 6 September 2007, Accessed 19 December 2012, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=16548
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