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1st Arkansas Light Artillery
Active1860–1865
DisbandedMay 4, 1865
Country1st Arkansas Light Artillery Confederate States of America
Allegiance1st Arkansas Light Artillery Arkansas
Branch1st Arkansas Light Artillery Confederate States Army
RoleArtillery
SizeBattery
Nickname(s)Fort Smith Artillery
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
  • Battle of Wilson's Creek
  • Battle of Pea Ridge
  • Siege of Corinth
  • Battle of Farmington
  • Kentucky Campaign
    • Battle of Richmond
  • Stones River Campaign
    • Battle of Murfreesboro
  • Chickamauga Campaign
    • Battle of Chickamauga
  • Chattanooga Campaign
    • Battle of Missionary Ridge
  • Atlanta Campaign
  • Savannah Campaign
    • Second Battle of Dunlap Farm
Battle honoursConfederate Roll of Honor: Private John Campbell for the Battle of Murfreesboro[1]
WebsiteFirst Arkansas Light Artillery (Rivers’ Battery)
Commanders
1860–1861Captain John G. Reid
1861–1862Captain David Provence
1862–1863Captain John T. Humphreys
1863–1865Captain John W. Rivers

The 1st Arkansas Light Artillery, originally known as the Fort Smith Artillery (1861), was an artillery battery of the Confederate States Army that served during the American Civil War. The unit was actually a pre-war volunteer militia company which was activated as part of the Arkansas State Troops and mustered out of state service following the Battle of Wilson's Creek. The unit immediately re-organized and re-enlisted for Confederate service. The unit spent the majority of the war in the western theater, fighting as part of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The unit is also known as Reid's Battery, Provence's Battery, Humphreys' Battery and finally Rivers' Battery.[2]

  1. ^ United States. War Dept.. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 20, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., Book, 1887, Page 974; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154629 : accessed February 07, 2012), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.
  2. ^ Howerton, Bryan "Numbering of Artillery Units", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 11 February 2011, Accessed 18 October 2011, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=23296

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