Missouri Civil War Union Artillery Units

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The information in this list of Missouri Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

Units 1st through 2nd

 * 1st Battery, Missouri State Militia Artillery (Union) Enrolled: 25 January 1862 through 4 April 1862 Mustered: 25 February 1862 through 3 Jun 1862 Discharged: 23 November 1862 Lieutenant Colonel: Arnold Krekel


 * 1st Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Batteries formed at various times between September 1, 1861 and June 1862. Served until various dates up to August 1865.


 * 1st Flying Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, as 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, U. S. Reserve Corps, September 16 to November 6, 1861. Designation changed to 2nd Missouri Artillery November 20, 1861. Consolidated to a Battalion of 5 Companies September 29, 1863.

Units A through Z

 * Arsenal, Saint Louis, Missouri (Union), see US Arsenal, Saint Louis, Missouri (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Backof's Battalion, Missouri Artillery (3 months, 1861) (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, April 22 to May 18, 1861. Mustered out September 4, 1861.


 * Buell's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, July 12, 1861. Served with various units to June, 1862. With the Artillery 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to August, 1862.


 * Bullis' Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Knowald's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Organized, August, 1861, but failed to complete organization. Mustered out December 14, 1861.


 * Landgraeber's Battery, 1st Missouri Horse Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1861. Served with various units to January, 1863. Artillery 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to September, 1863.


 * Mann's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, November 4, 1861, to February 14, 1862. Served with various units to July, 1862. With the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tennessee, Department of the Tennessee, to August, 1862.


 * Sheldon's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * US Arsenal, Saint Louis, Missouri (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Wachman's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Organized at Independence, Missouri, May 6, 1862. Disbanded January 17, 1864.


 * Welfley's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (Union) Organized at St. Louis, Missouri, September 25, 1861. Served with various units to October, 1862. District of Southeast Missouri, Department of Missouri, to December, 1862.