HISTORICAL SKETCH:

This unit was also known as Ferguson's Artillery Battery. It was formed in April of 1862. On March 29, 1864, it was armed with two 6-lb. Smoothbores and two 12-lb. Napoleons. The unit was captured by the 119th Illinois Infantry Regiment at Nashville, Tennessee on December 16, 1864.

BATTLES:

Vicksburg Campaign MS (MAY - JUL 1863)
Jackson MS (14 MAY 1863)
Chickamauga GA (19-20 SEP 1863)
Chattanooga Siege GA (SEP - NOV 1863)
Chattanooga TN (23 - 25 NOV 1863)
Atlanta Campaign GA (MAY - SEP 1864)
Atlanta Siege (JUL - SEP 1864)
Nashville TN (15 - 16 DEC 1864)

OFFICERS:

Ferguson, Thomas B. - Captain
Beauregard, Rene' T. - Captain

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

REF: Sifakis - pg. 16