Chapter 6:
- Batteries composed of Alabama troops
-- their organization and officers
-- Records from the official reports.
Burnett's battery was engaged in
Samuel Jones' corps, in
Mississippi, in the
spring and
summer of 1861.
Extracts from official war Records.
Vol. X, Part 1—（787) In Samuel Jones' corps, Tupelo, June 30, 1862.
Vol. XVII, Part 2—（632) Same assignment.
Burtwell's battery was engaged, under its captain,
J. R. R. Burtwell, in
General Jackson's brigade, in
Mississippi, in the spring of 1862.
Extracts from official war Records.
Vol. X, Part 2—（461, 549) In General Jackson's brigade, Corinth, April 28, 1862.
Vol. XVI, Part 2—（764) Same brigade, Tupelo, August 20, 1862.
Vol. XVII, Part 2—（633) Same brigade, Tupelo, June 30, 1862.
First battalion of artillery.
The First Alabama battalion of artillery was recruited at
Mobile,
Montgomery and
Selma, and was organized in February, 1861, at
Fort Morgan.
It was made part of the army of Mobile in the spring of 1862, and was ordered to report at
Chattanooga in July.
It served, consecutively,
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with the brigades of
Generals Shoup,
Higgins and
Page, and reached a very high plane of efficiency and discipline.
It did gallant service at
Forts Gaines, Powell and
Morgan.
No more heroic defense was ever made than that of this battalion at
Fort Morgan.
The detachment there engaged, fought until their guns were knocked out of position, losing 150 killed and wounded. The remainder was captured and the men sent to
Elmira, N. Y., where one-half of them died of small-pox.
The officers were sent to
Fort Warren.
The remnant of the battalion was transferred to
Choctaw Bluff, March, 1865, and surrendered with the army of Mobile.
Lieutenant-Colonel Forsyth was the first commander.
He resigned, and was succeeded by
Lieut.-Col. James T. Gee, who was captured at
Fort Morgan.
Maj. J. M. Cary and
Capts. F. S. Ferguson,
Lee Hammond,
R. N. Campbell and
J. W. Whiting were also captured there.
Capts. Wm. B. Hughes and
N. J. Smith were wounded and captured at
Fort Morgan.
Extracts from official war Records.
Vol. Vi—（819) Army of Mobile, February 1, 1862.
Vol. XVII, Part 2—（659) Forsyth ordered to report at Chattanooga, July 26, 1862.
No. 42—（39) In Slaughter's brigade, Maury's army, June 8, 1863.
（131) In Powell's brigade, Maury's army, August 1st.
（157) At Fort Morgan and Grant's Pass, August 10th.
（275) In Shoup's brigade, September 30th, Maj. J. T. Gee.
（402) In Shoup's brigade, November 10th.
（511, 562) In Higgins' brigade, December.
No. 56—（630) Ordered to Meridian, November 4, 1863.
（729) General Maury asks for battery, November 21st.
No. 58—（582) In Higgins' brigade, January 20, 1864.
No. 59—（861) Under Lieut.-Col. R. C. Forsyth, Page's brigade, April 30, 1864.
No. 77—（428) At Fort Gaines, August 3, 1864.
No. 78—（678, 752) Page's brigade, with General Maury, June to August, 1864.
No. 84—（230) Mentioned by Col. Albert Myer, July, 1864, 400 men at Fort Morgan.
No. 103—（1045) Transferred to Choctaw Bluff, March
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10, 1865.
（1047) Detachment under Lieut. P. Lee Hammond, in army of Mobile.
Second battalion of artillery.
Battery A of this battalion, under the command of
Capt. Stephen Charpentier, served in the defenses of
Mobile until the spring of 1863, when it was attached to
General Featherstone's brigade, and afterward did service in
Mississippi, known as
Charpentier's battery.
Battery C served in
General Hebert's brigade and lost heavily at the
siege of Vicksburg, where its captain,
T. K. Emanuel, was killed.
The remnant of the battery continued to serve under the command of
Capt. John D. Haynie in the army of Mobile until the surrender.
Battery E seems to have served continuously under the command of
Capt. J. B. Hutchisson, at or near
Mobile.
Extracts from official war Records.
Battery A. No. 38—（936) Featherstone's brigade, May 30, 1863, Jackson, Miss. (1041) Same assignment, July 30th.
（1050) Mentioned by Maj. L. Hoxton, near Morton, Miss., August 8th.
Battery C. No. 37—（326) Under Lieut. J. R. Sclater, in General Hebert's brigade, army of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863.
（329) Capt. T. K. Emanuel killed at siege of Vicksburg.
（369) Loss, 6 killed, 6 wounded, Vicksburg. (373) One wounded, June 25th.
（378) Seven killed, 8 wounded, Vicksburg siege. No. 38—（1060) In Forney's division, August 29, 1863. No. 42—（131) In General Canty's brigade, Maury's army, August 1, 1863.
（157) In Mobile, Ala., August 10th. No. 103—（1048) In Gladden's battery, army of Mobile, March 10, 1865.
Battery E. No. 42—（39) In
