1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery
1st Artillery Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1862 with eleven companies. During the war the various companies served as both light and heavy artillery but not as one command. The regiment was assigned to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and Companes A, C, D, F, G, I, K, and L were assigned to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Company E to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and Company G to the Army of Tennessee. All disbanded before the end of the war. Its commanders were Colonel William T. Withers, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Parker, and Majors Benjamin R. Holmes and Jefferson L. Wofford. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
Benjamin F. Barry, Private, Company D, 1st Mississippi (Wither's) Light Artillery, enlisted April 10, 1862 at Lexington by Capt. Wafford for 3 years or the war, recorded the end of August 1862 as having been absent sick since July 17, received $26 extra duty pay, on Yazoo Fortifications, for the 65 day period November 24, 1862 to January 29, 1863, killed in action at Vicksburg June 20, 1863, last paid February 28
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
Officers of Company D
Jefferson L. Wofford, Capt., to Maj., June 1, 1863
Henry W. Weaver, 1st Lt., r. October 7, 1862
Alfred M. Green, 1st Lt., r. November 1, 1862
Leander Webster, 2nd Lt., r. October 27, 1862
Marquis L. Cole, Capt.
William A. Lockhart, 1st Lt.
John W. Weems, 2nd Lt., killed May 24, 1863
M. R. Eakin, 2nd Lt.
Allen J. Arnold, 2nd Lt., as private
Joel G. Hamilton, 1st Lt.
James M. Oslin, commanding company
Company D, Record of Events
Company D
Station not stated, April 10, 1862.
April 10.— Muster-in roll of Captain J. L. Wofford's Company
D, of Withers' Light Artillery of Mississippi Volunteers, Army
of the Confederate States of America, commanded by Colonel
William T. Withers, called into the service of the Confederate
States in the Provisional Army, under the provisions of various
Acts of Congress from April 10, 1862, for the term of the war,
unless sooner discharged. . . .
WILLIAM T. WITHERS,
Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Camp Parker, April 10-June 30, 1862.
Stationed at Camp Milldale, Mississippi, July-August 1862.
Stationed near Vicksburg, September-October 1862.
Stationed at Chickasaw Bayou, November-December 1862.
December 26, 1862-January 1, 1863.— This battery participated
in the battle of Chickasaw near Vicksburg commencing on Friday
and ending Friday, January 1, 1863. From a 12-pounder
howitzer of Mississippi Battery, the first shot was fired upon the
enemy and as section pursued in their retreat to their boats. The
battery had one man killed, Corporal [John] W. Crenshaw; twelve
privates were slightly wounded. A wheel of one of the gun
carriages was destroyed by the enemy's fire and another seriously
damaged. Previous to the fight about forty of the company,
armed with muskets, had been doing picket duty and during the
engagement did good service in the trenches.
Stationed at Chickasaw Bayou, January-February 1863.
Stationed at Enterprise, Mississippi, April 30, 1863.
May 1-2.— Company D, First Mississippi Light Artillery Regi-
ment confronted the enemy during the bombardment of Snyder's
Bluff.
Left its encampment near said Bluff to assist in guarding the
front lines along Big Black River. Was in the field during the
battle of Baker's Creek and assisted in covering the retreat to
Vicksburg with the loss of three men, losing more of its pieces.
Bore an active part in defending the besieged city Vicksburg,
during which time it lost fourteen men (eight killed in action and
six died of disease, etc.) and eight pieces (guns) shot down by
enemy's guns.
Stationed at Vicksburg, November-December 1863.
Stationed at Mobile, January-June 1864.
Stationed at Mobile, July-August 1864.
July 6-18.— This command was ordered from Mobile to Tupelo,
Mississippi. Remained with Generals [Stephen Dill] Lee and
[Nathan Bedford] Forrest, sharing the heavy marches during that
campaign, returning to Mobile on July 18.
July 20.— It was ordered to Meridian, Mississippi; thence to
Opelika, Alabama and from there to West Point, Georgia to repel
a raid threat.
August 3.— Crossing that place it was ordered to Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
August 4.— It was ordered back to Mobile, Alabama.
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. It has been on
duty since its return on the Eastern Shore, Battery Gladden and
picket duty on the bay.
Stationed at Mobile, Alabama, September-October 1864.
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