1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery

1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery
35 Star Flag 1863-1865
Active	June 4, 1864–August 10, 1865
Disbanded	August 10, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Size	battery
Engagements	American Civil War Prior Creek

The 1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.

Organization

The 1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery was organized at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on June 4, 1864. Then unit was re-designated as Battery "H", 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery on December 13, 1864. Mustered out on August 10, 1865. ^{[1] [2]}

Service

The battery was assigned to garrison duty at Pine Bluff, Ark. 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, till December, 1864. The battery saw action at Prior Creek on September 18, 1864. The battery was involved in the Expedition to Mount Elba, Ark., and the skirmish at Saline River, January 22-February 4, 1865. ^[3]

Mustered out of service

Mustered out on August 10, 1865. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• American Civil War portal

• List of Arkansas Civil War Union units
• List of United States Colored Troops Civil War Units
• United States Colored Troops
• Arkansas in the American Civil War

Notes

1. Dyer (1959), Volume III. p. 999.
2. Dyer (1959), Volume I. p. 113.
3.  This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service.
4. Dyer (1959), Volume III. p. 999.
5. Dyer (1959), Volume I. p. 113.

References

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain : Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

• The Civil War Archive
• Encyclopedia of Arkansas History
• Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
• The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas
•  This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service.
• nps.gov