Alabama 2nd Battalion Light Artillery (Confederate)
12/12/1861
Organized - Alabama 2nd Battalion Light Artillery - Alabama
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant John R. Sclater
LieutenantJohn R. Sclater
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Louis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John H. Forney
Major GeneralJohn H. Forney
18/05/1863
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
27/03/1865
Battle - Spanish Fort - Baldwin, Alabama
09/04/1865
Battle - Fort Blakeley - Baldwin County, Alabama
Although the harbor of Mobile Bay had been closed to blockade running traffic since mid-summer 1864 with Admiral David G. Farragut's victory there, the port city of Mobile still remained in Confederate control. In late March 1865, two Federal infantry columns converged on the defenses of the city at Fort Blakeley and Spanish Fort. One force of 13,000 Union soldiers commanded by Gen. Frederick Steele moved west from Pensacola with orders to take Blakely from the rear. Union Gen. Edward R.S. Canby's Sixteent…READ MORE
04/05/1865
Mustered Out - Alabama 2nd Battalion Light Artillery - Alabama
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