2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment


























2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment
Active September 16, 1861 to December 20, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Artillery
Engagements American Civil War

The 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.




Contents






  • 1 Service


  • 2 Commanders


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





Service


Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, U. S. Reserve Corps, September 16 to November 6, 1861. Designation changed to 2nd Missouri Artillery November 20, 1861, and assigned to duty in forts about St. Louis till September, 1863. Consolidated to a Battalion of 5 Companies September 29, 1863. Landgraeber's Battery, Horse Artillery, assigned as Company "F," September 30, 1863. Companies "C" and "D" form new Company "A." Company "B" retained its organization. Companies "I" and "H" form new Company "C." Companies "A," "F," "G" and "K" form new Company "D." Companies "E," "L" and "M" form new Company "E." Six new Batteries organized as follows: "G" at St. Louis November 15, 1863. "H" at Springfield, Mo., December 4, 1863. "I" at Springfield, Mo., December 29, 1863. "K" at Springfield, Mo., January 14, 1864. "L" at Sedalia, Mo., January 20, 1864 (formerly 1st Battery, Missouri State Militia), "M" at St. Louis February 15, 1864. (See the several Batteries for history.)


2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment



  • Battery A

  • Battery B

  • Battery C

  • Battery D

  • Battery E

  • Battery F

  • Battery G

  • Battery H

  • Battery I

  • Battery K

  • Battery L

  • Battery M



Commanders



  • Colonel Nelson D. Cole


See also




  • Missouri Civil War Union units

  • Missouri in the Civil War



References


  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

Attribution


  • 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.







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