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First Mississippi Light Artillery
The following was taken from the Supplement to the Offical Records:

Company C Record of Events

Stationed at Mobile, Alabama, March-June 1864.

Stationed at Battery Huger, Mobile Bay, July-August 1864.
The previous muster located the company at Mobile.
July 5.— It was ordered to Tupelo, Mississippi to meet a force of
the enemy.
July 11.— The enemy was routed and fled in confusion. Twenty-
six of the company engaged in the fight.
July 12.— Subsequently the company returned to Mobile.
July 13-August 10.— After arrival, it was ordered to Opelika,
Alabama; thence to West Point; thence to Atlanta, Georgia. Two
days subsequently it was again ordered to Mobile. Halfway
between Pollard and Tensas on Great Northern Railroad, the train
ran into landslide, killing and wounding seventy officers and men
of the battalion. Arrived at Mobile on August 10.
August 11.— Ordered to Tensas.
August 14.— Ordered to Blakely; thence down on the eastern
shore, Mobile Bay to a point near "Shorts" and below, opposite
the city.
August 15.— Returned to Sibley's Mills.
August 24.— Ordered to report to Lieutenant-Colonel [Robert]
Sterling, commanding Appalachee Batteries, and was assigned by
him to Battery Huger.

Company D

August 9.— It was badly mangled by railroad accident (Mobile
and Great Northern Railroad) during the night, killing four
instantly and wounding seventy-four severely.

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi

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