Category Archives: Artillery

This battery was organized for State service May 15, 1861, and mustered into Confederate service August 12, 1861. The place of organization is not known, as there is no muster Continue Reading →

Formerly Captain H. Baker’s Company This battery was formed by the division of Captain George H. Monsarrat’s Battery, “The Harding Artillery, into two companies, the exact date not known. The Continue Reading →

Also called “Washington Artillery”: Company “H”, Tennessee Artillery Corps This battery was formerly Captain S. F. Hailman’s Company Tennessee Volunteers, known as the “Memphis Guerillas.” It was mustered into Confederate service Continue Reading →

Also called Lookout Artillery: Lookout Battery This company was organized at Chattanooga on May 15, 1862, and attached to Brigadier General D. Leadbetter’s Brigade. Leadbetter at that time was commandant of Continue Reading →

This was a temporary organization, lasting only a few months, in the early days of the war. The exact composition of the battalion is not known. Major (later Lieutenant General) Continue Reading →

This was a purely temporary organization, lasting only about three months in the fall of 1861. Captain George H. Monsarrat was appointed to the command of the Harding Artillery which Continue Reading →

Also called 1st Tennessee Light Artillery Battalion This was a temporary organization which served under Major General Frank Gardner at Port Hudson, Louisiana from December, 1862 until the surrender of that Continue Reading →

An attempt was made in May, 1862 to form a regiment of light artillery out of the light artillery batteries which had belonged to the Artillery Corps of Tennessee. The Continue Reading →