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Page 964 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Chapter LX.

Report of field artillery, Trans-Mississippi Department, June 1, 1865-Continued.

3. 80 - 3. 67- 3. 40- 3. 25- 3-inch

inch inch inch inch rifle.

rifle. rifle. rifle. rifle.

Battery Reserve

Artillery, Major

M. V. McMahan

commanding:

1st Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

Ben. Wade a.

2nd Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

W. Hart b.

Unattached: c.

3rd Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

J. G. Marshall

b.

5th Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

C. C. Scott d.

6th Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

C. B. Etter e.

4th Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

A. J. Cameron d.

3rd Texas Battery, . . . 1 . . . . . . 1

Captain O. G.

Jones f.

13th Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Battery, Captain

R. J. Hughes g.

2. 90- 24- 12- 12- 6-

inch pounder pounder pounder pounde

rifle. field field field r gun.

howitze howitze gun.

r. r.

Battery Reserve

Artillery, Major

M. V. McMahan

commanding:

1st Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

Ben. Wade a.

2nd Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

W. Hart b.

Unattached: c.

3rd Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

J. G. Marshall

b.

5th Arkansas . . . . . . 2 . . . 2

Battery, Captain

C. C. Scott d.

6th Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery, Captain

C. B. Etter e.

4th Louisiana . . . . . . 1 . . . 3

Battery, Captain

A. J. Cameron d.

3rd Texas Battery, . . . . . . 1 . . . 3

Captain O. G.

Jones f.

13th Texas . . . . . . 1 . . . 2

Battery, Captain

R. J. Hughes g.

a No guns; company serving heavy guns at Grand Ecore, La.

b No guns with Reserve Battalion, Marshall, Tex.

c No caissons were used in the horse batteries.

d Four guns, Marshall, Tex., to be accounted for by Major M. V. McMahan.

e No battery; serving heavy guns at Grand Ecore and Alexandria, La.

f Six guns at Weston, Tex., to be accounted for by Major G. A. Magruder, chief of artillery, District of Texas.

g Four guns, exact location not known, to be accounted for by Major G. A. Magruder, chief of artillery, District of Texas.

E. CUNNINGHAM,

Major and Chief of Artillery, Trans-Mississippi Department.

SHREVEPORT, LA., June 1, 1865.

[Inclosure Numbers 2.]

Report of siege and sea-coast guns, Trans-Mississippi Department, June 1, 1865.

(The field guns hereon borne are in prominent positions and not provided with caissons.)

Defenses of-

Galves Sabine Velas Alexan Grand Camden

ton, Pass, co, dria, Ecore,, Ark.

Tex. Tex. Tex. La. La.

10-inch 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

columbiads.

8-inch . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .

columbiads.

9-inch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dahlgren gun.

32-pounder 10 3 2 . . . 3 . . .

gun.

24-pounder 1 2 2 5 3 . . .

gun.

18-pounder 2 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .

gun.

12-pounder gun 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1

(iron).

8-inch siege 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . .

howitzer.

32-pounder . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .

field

howitzer.

24-pounder 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .

boat howitzer.

10-inch 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

mortars.

6. 40-inch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

rifle.

5. 20-inch 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

rifle.

4. 40-inch 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

rifle.

4. 25-inch . . . . . . 1 3 . . . . . .

rifle.

3. 67-inch . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

rifle (20-

pounder

Parrott).

3-inch rifle . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .

(field).

12-pounder . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .

field

howitzer.

8-inch sea- 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

coast

howitzer.

18-pounder 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

sea-coast

howitzer.

12-pounder 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blakely rifle.

6-pounder 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Whitworth.

E. CUNNINGHAM,

Major and Chief of Artillery, Trans-Mississippi Department.

SHREVEPORT, LA., June 1, 1865.


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