1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery

1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery 35 Star US Flag.svg 35 Star Flag 1863-1865 June 4, 1864–August 10, 1865 23px United States Union Artillery battery American Civil War Prior Creek August 10, 1865 Arkansas Union Regiments 113th United States Colored Infantry 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment The 1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863. Organization The 1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery was organized at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on June 4, 1864. Then unit was re-designated as Battery "H", 2nd Regiment Light Artillery U.S. Colored Troops on December 13, 1864. Mustered out on August 10, 1865.Dyer (1959), Volume III. p. 999.Dyer (1959), Volume I. p. 113. Service The battery was assigned to garrison duty at Pine Bluff, Ark. 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, till December, 1864. The battery saw action at Prior Creek on September 18, 1864. The battery was involved in the Expedition to Mount Elba, Ark., and the skirmish at Saline River, January 22-February 4, 1865.http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UUS0002RAL0C Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System National Park Service Mustered out of service Mustered out on August 10, 1865.Dyer (1959), Volume III. p. 999.Dyer (1959), Volume I. p. 113. See also American Civil War List of Arkansas Civil War Union units List of United States Colored Troops Civil War Units United States Colored Troops Arkansas in the American Civil War Notes References External links The Civil War Archive Encyclopedia of Arkansas History Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page https://web.archive.org/web/20080213220314/http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/ 2008-02-13 The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System National Park Service nps.gov Light Artillery Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Arkansas Category:1865 disestablishments in Arkansas Category:Military units and formations established in 1864 Category:1864 establishments in Arkansas Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Artillery regiments of the United States Army