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 Regiment Light Artillery U.S. Colored Troops on December 13, 1864. Mustered out on August 10, 1865.Dyer (1959), Volume III. p. 999.Dyer (1959), Volume I. p. 113.
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.
Mustered out of service Mustered out on August 10, 1865.Dyer (1959), Volume III. p. 999.Dyer (1959), Volume I. p. 113.
See also
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
References
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
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