Mississippi: 1st Light Artillery Regiment, Company I
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Unit History
Organized in early 1862.
Regiment surrendered after the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863.
Paroled at Vicksburg in July 1863
Declared exchanged on September 12, 1863.
Surrendered by Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor, commanding Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, at Citronelle, Alabama on May 4, 1865.
Field and Staff
- Commander: Robert Bowman (Captain)
Assignments
- June-July 1862: Smith's Brigade, District of the Mississippi, Department #2
- July-October 1862: 2nd/3rd Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Department #2
- October 1862: Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- October-December 1862: Unattached, 2nd Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- December 1862-January 1863: Thomas' Brigade, Lee's-Maury's Provisional Division, 2nd Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- January-February 1863: Lee's Brigade, Smith's Division, 2nd Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- March-April 1863: Vaughn's Brigade, Smith's Division, 2nd Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- April-July 1862: Moore's Brigade, Forney's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- November 1863-January 1864: Unattached, Forney's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- January 1864: Unattached, Forney's Division, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- April 1864: Artillery Brigade, District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- March-April 1865: Burnet's Command, Right Wing, Defenses of Mobile, Artillery Reserves, etc., District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- April-May 1865: Burnet's Command, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
Companies & Counties of Origin
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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements
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