ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES CAMP #11
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
MOBILE, ALABAMA
2nd Alabama artillery BATTALION
The 2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion, Companies "A"-"F", was formed at Mobile in January 1862, with five companies later reduced to three. It was attached to the Department of the Gulf, and after January, 1864, the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. 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. With 64 officers and men, it surrendered on 4 May 1865.
Field officer: Lt. Col. James H. Hallonquist.
Armaments: Co. "A", four 6-lb. Smoothbores (between 28 Nov 1863 and 5 Jan 1864); four 12-lb. Napoleons (between 1 May 1864 and 21 Feb 1865); Co. "E", two 3-in. Rifles and two 12-lb. Howitzers (on 6-7 April 1862); Co. "F", four 12-lb. Napoleons (between 29 March 1864 and 16 Dec 1864)
Historical resources:
Bibliography
Field officer: Lt. Col. James H. Hallonquist.
Armaments: Co. "A", four 6-lb. Smoothbores (between 28 Nov 1863 and 5 Jan 1864); four 12-lb. Napoleons (between 1 May 1864 and 21 Feb 1865); Co. "E", two 3-in. Rifles and two 12-lb. Howitzers (on 6-7 April 1862); Co. "F", four 12-lb. Napoleons (between 29 March 1864 and 16 Dec 1864)
Historical resources:
Bibliography
- Little, George and James R. Maxwell. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. (Tuscaloosa, AL : United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1905) [contains muster roll; reprinted: Tuskaloosa, AL : R.E. Rhodes Chapter, UDC, 1988]
- Elebash, Maxwell, "When shall our cup be full : the correspondence of Confederate soldiers James T. and Reuben M. Searcy," in Alabama Heritage(Winter 1994) pp. 28-39