1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

The regiment's parent unit was formed on 10–12 June 1861 in St Louis and Boonville, Missouri, as the 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry, to serve three years. On 1 September 1861, the unit was re-designated the 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment. Soldiers enlisted in United States regular army units in 1860 and 1861 were transferred into the regiment as Battery L and Battery M. Batteries L and M brought the regiment up to the strength of 12 companies, with batteries named A through M, excluding J. Battery C was immediately disbanded in September 1861. Battery I and Battery L were disbanded in January 1862 and Battery B was disbanded in April 1862. The soldiers in Batteries B, C, I, and L were transferred to the other companies.[1]

Mann's Independent Missouri Battery, formed 4 November 1861, was renamed Battery C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery in August 1862. Buel's Independent Battery, formed 12 July 1861, was reassigned as Battery I in August 1862. Battery A, Schofield's Light Artillery, formed 25 July 1862, was renamed Battery L in October 1862. Battery A, Missouri Artillery Battalion, formed 25 September 1861, was assigned as Battery B in December 1862. Battery E was mustered out at the end of its three-year term of service in June 1864. Company C, Segebarth's Pennsylvania Artillery was then reassigned as Battery E on 14 September 1864. Battery I was mustered out on 30 June 1864 at the end of its term of service. When Battery D reached the end of its term of service, its members mustered out except recruits and re-enlisted veterans. Battery D consolidated with Battery C on 11 April 1865. The remaining companies mustered out between 16 June and 23 August 1865.[1]

The regiment suffered losses in the following list of actions. Actions are not listed if no losses were reported.[4]

According to the 4th Quarter 1862 report, the batteries were armed with the artillery pieces shown in the table below, except where otherwise noted.[5] By the time of the 4th Quarter 1863 report, several batteries were armed with different weapons. Battery A was rearmed with two M1841 6-pounder field guns, three M1841 12-pounder howitzers, and one 12-pounder Napoleon. Battery C was equipped with four M1841 12-pounder howitzers. Battery D was rearmed with three M1841 6-pounder field guns, two M1841 12-pounder howitzers, one M1841 24-pounder howitzer, and two 3-inch Ordnance rifles. Battery E had only two 10-pounder Parrott rifles and two 3.5-inch Blakely rifles. Batteries G and H were each rearmed with six 12-pounder Napoleons. Battery I was equipped with two M1841 6-pounder field guns, one M1841 12-pounder howitzer, two 10-pounder Parrott rifles, and one rifled M1841 12-pounder field gun. Battery L had only two 6-pounder rifles (3.67-inch) and two M1841 12-pounder howitzers.[6]

• List of Missouri Union Civil War units

• Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo.: Emory S. Foster Public Printer. 1866. pp. 399–406. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
• "Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army, Part VII". Washington, D.C.: Secretary of War. 1867. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2016a). "Summary Statement, December 31, 1862 - Missouri's 1st Regiment of Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2016b). "Summary Statement, 1st Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2017). "Summary Statement, 2nd Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2018). "Summary Statement, 3rd Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2019). "Summary Statement, 4th Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: 1st Regiment Light Artillery - Missouri. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co. pp. 1313–1316. Retrieved August 3, 2020. Service records of each battery may be found here.