FIRST LOUISIANA HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT

Assignments & Battles

Feb. 5 Organized in militia service, New Orleans
Mar. 13 Transferred to Confederate service, New Orleans (744 men)
Fall of '61 Co. "A" assigned to defense of Fort Pike (Maj. Clinch, Co. Com.) Other companies assigned to Forts St. Phillip and Jackson on the Mississippi River south of New Orleans.

Apr. 26 Evacuated post as Farragut entered New Orleans
May 3 At Camp Moore, Louisiana
May 20 Left Camp Moore for Vicksburg
May 23 thru July 27 Served defenses of Vicksburg (June and July, Smith's Brigade)
Jul - Oct 2^nd and 3^rd Sub-district, District of Mississippi
Oct 2^nd Military District

Jan Unattached, Smith's Division, 2^nd Military Division
Jan - Apr Beltzhoover, Lee's Brigade, Smith's Division, 2^nd Military District
Mar 31 Co. "A" was the northern battery in Fr. Coburn at the Battle of Grand Gulf (Mississippi)
Apr - Jul Siege of Vicksburg by Grant's, river battery. Also served on the eastern defensive line in Higgin's Command.
Jul 4 Surrendered to Grant at Vicksburg, taken to Enterprise Mississippi
Nov Paroled
Nov - Jan Beltzhoover's Brigade, Forney's Division

Jan Higgins--Fuller's Artillery Brigade
Jul 14 Battle of Tupelo, Co. "A" served as reserve infantry under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Aug 5-23 Battle of Mobile Bay

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