14th Battalion, Mississippi Light Artillery

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Brief History
14th Artillery Battalion was organized early in 1863 by consolidating three batteries of light artillery. In July 1863 was captured in Vicksburg. After being exchanged, the men served with other Mississippi artillery units. Major Matthew S. Ward was in command.


 * The 14th Battalion Mississippi Light Artillery Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

Regiment Companies with the County of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A - Capt. Vance’s Company, aka Ward’s Battalion (raised in Panola County) Company B - Batesville Battery (raised in Panola County) Company C - McLendon’s Battery (raised in Tallahatchie &amp; Yalobusha Counties)

Source Material

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Systemcan be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
 * Rowland, Dunbar, Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company).
 * Howell, H. Grady, For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand!: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998).