Martin's-Howell's Battery was organized in May, 1862, with 125 officers and men. The unit served on the Georgia coast, then moved to Mississippi where it was engaged at Jackson. Later it was assigned to J. Palmer's and R. Martin's Battalion of Artillery, and took an active part in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Bentonville. This company reported 7 casualties at Chickamauga, had 77 present in April, 1864, but only a handful surrendered in April, 1865.
Martin’s - Howell’s Battery had a close affiliation with the Mississippi 1st Artillery Regiment and it appears that many of the men of the 1st Artillery joined with Howell’s Battery following Vicksburg. The Mississippi 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.
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