This company, with officers and men from Mobile, was organized and mustered in on 17 October 1861 for artillery service. McRae Artillery, Company "A", 2nd Light Artillery Battalion With 64 officers and men, it surrendered on. The unit was stationed at or near Mobile throughout the war and participated in the conflicts at Forts Gaines and Morgan, Spanish Fort, and Fort Blakely. It was attached to the Department of the Gulf, and after January, 1864, the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The 2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion, Companies "A"-"F", was formed at Mobile in January 1862, with five companies later reduced to three. Cary (Barbour captured, Fort Morgan).Īrmaments: Co. Tucker (Vermont died in service) James T. Gee (Dallas captured, Fort Morgan) Majors S. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.įield and staff officers: Lt. A small number moved to Choctaw Bluff in March 1865 and were included in the surrender of the Dept. The men were taken to Elmira, New York, where fully half died of smallpox (officers were taken to Fort Warren.) A small detachment, not captured, continued the fight at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely.
During the terrific bombardment of Fort Morgan, August, 1864, the battalion, "moved by no weak fears," handled the guns until they were all knocked out of position, losing 150 k and w of about 500 engaged. Detachments of it manned the heavy artillery at Forts Gaines and Powell and rendered effective service. Stationed at Fort Morgan and its dependencies, the battalion attained a high degree of discipline, insomuch that Union Gen'l Granger pronounced it the most perfect body of either army. In the spring, the command was transferred to the Confederate government as "regulars". The 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion, Companies "A"-"F", was recruited in Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Eufaula, part of the "Army of Alabama," and it was organized about the 1st of February 1861, at Fort Morgan.
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