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1st Arkansas Field Battery
Active1861–1865
DisbandedMay 26, 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceDixie CSA
BranchArtillery
SizeArtillery Battery
Nickname(s)John D. Adams Artillery
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
  • Battle of Pea Ridge,
  • Iuka and Corinth Campaign
    • Second Battle of Corinth,
    • Battle of Hatchie's Bridge,
  • Operations Against Vicksburg
    • Battle of Coffeeville,
    • Action, Chickasaw Bluff,
    • Assault, Chickasaw Bluff,
  • Vicksburg Campaign
    • Passage of Vicksburg and Warrenton Batteries,
    • Siege of Vicksburg,
  • Jackson Expedition
    • Siege, Jackson,
    • Assault, Jackson,
Commanders
1861–1862Captain James J. Gaines
1862–1865Captain Francis McAnally

The 1st Arkansas Field Battery (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. Also known as: the "John D. Adams Artillery," or usually just "Adams Artillery"; Gaines' Battery; McNally's Battery. The battery made the crossing of the Mississippi River in April 1862 with Major General Earl Van Dorn's Army of the West. After being surrendered at the conclusion of the Vicksburg Campaign, the battery was reorganized in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi and served there for the remainder of the war.

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