Louisiana First Heavy Artillery Regiment

 


HISTORICAL NOTES:

    The 1st Regular Artillery Regiment was organized during the spring of 1861 with men from New Orleans and the surrounding area. The unit contained ten companies, but there were a number of consolidations during the war, and in 1865 it appears that only four remained. A heavy artillery unit, it served at Forts Jackson and St. Phillip at New Orleans, then was part of the river batteries at Vicksburg . Here it was captured on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged and reorganized, it was stationed at Mobile and saw action at Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, and Spanish Fort. On May 4, 1865, the unit surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

    On line site dedicated to this regiment.

FIELD OFFICERS:

    Hebert, Paul O. - Colonel, promoted brigadier general August 14, 1861
    Duncan, Johnson K. - Major, promoted colonel in Provisional Army of the Confederate States
    Fuller, Charles A. - Lieutenant Colonel, promoted colonel August 14, 1861
    Beltzhoover, Daniel - Major, Promoted Lieutenant Colonel April 25, 1865
    Bond, Richard C. - Major Capers, W. C. - Major
    Montaigne, Raymond - Major, died July 24, 1864
    Clinch, Henry A. - Major, promoted Lieutenant Colonel  

BATTLES:

    Fort Jackson
    St. Philip
    Vicksburg
    Fort Gaines
    Fort Morgan
    Spanish Fort

ROSTERS:

    The composite roster of this regiment contains the names of 3303 men.

    Company A.

    Company B. John C. Moore, resigned April 15, 1861; William B. Robertson.

    Company C. John T. Shaaff, promoted captain in Provisional Army of the Confederate States March 27, 1861; Frederick B. Brand, transferred to Company D September 6, 1861; John H Lamon.

    Company D. Frederick B. Brand transferred to Company C April 24, 1861; Randall L. Gibson, resigned September 6, 1861; Frederick B. Brand, resigned December 30, 1861; Rufus J. Bruce.

    Company E. James B. Anderson, resigned January 28, 1863; L. B. Haynes.

    Company F. Miles F. Squires, killed October 4, 1863; William C. Ellis, transferred to Company A May 1, 1864; John B. Grayson, Jr.

    Company G. W. C. Capers, promoted major July 24, 1863; Henry W. Fowler, dropped November 27, 1864; Richard Agar.

    Company H. Edward Higgins, resigned January 2, 1862; Edward G. Butler.

    Company I

    Company K. Richard C. Bond, transferred to Company H February 9, 1863; Abner N. Ogden, Jr.

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