1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment

1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment
Francis P. Blair Jr. was the regiment's first colonel.
Active	1 Sept. 1861 – 23 Aug. 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union  Missouri
Branch	Union Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Equipment	See Armament table.
Engagements	American Civil War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Francis Preston Blair Jr. Warren L. Lothrop

1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was a

John V. Dubois was appointed colonel to rank from 1 September 1862, but he quickly resigned on 14 October 1862. Warren L. Lothrop was promoted lieutenant colonel on 19 February 1862 and became colonel on 1 October 1862. A. M. Powell became major on 1 September 1861 and became lieutenant colonel on 21 October 1862. G. Harry Stone was promoted major on 19 February 1862. Thomas D. Maurice became major on 21 November 1862. David Murphy became major on 19 March 1863 and resigned on 10 July 1863. Nelson D. Cole was elevated to the rank of major on 10 August 1863 and promoted colonel of the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment on 2 October 1863. Charles Mann became major on 21 October 1863. Frederick Welker was promoted major on 3 November 1864.^[2]

Company commanders

Service

Mann's Independent Missouri Battery, formed 4 November 1861, was renamed Battery C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery in August 1862. Buel's Independent Battery, formed 12 July 1861, was reassigned as Battery I in August 1862. Battery A, Schofield's Light Artillery, formed 25 July 1862, was renamed Battery L in October 1862. Battery A, Missouri Artillery Battalion, formed 25 September 1861, was assigned as Battery B in December 1862. Battery E was mustered out at the end of its three-year term of service in June 1864. Company C, Segebarth's Pennsylvania Artillery was then reassigned as Battery E on 14 September 1864. Battery I was mustered out on 30 June 1864 at the end of its term of service. When Battery D reached the end of its term of service, its members mustered out except recruits and re-enlisted veterans. Battery D consolidated with Battery C on 11 April 1865. The remaining companies mustered out between 16 June and 23 August 1865.^[1]

Casualties

The regiment suffered losses in the following list of actions. Actions are not listed if no losses were reported.^[4]

Armament

According to the 4th Quarter 1862 report, the batteries were armed with the artillery pieces shown in the table below, except where otherwise noted.

• List of Missouri Union Civil War units

Notes

References

• Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo.: Emory S. Foster Public Printer. 1866. pp. 399–406. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
• "Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army, Part VII". Washington, D.C.: Secretary of War. 1867. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2016a). "Summary Statement, December 31, 1862 - Missouri's 1st Regiment of Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2016b). "Summary Statement, 1st Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2017). "Summary Statement, 2nd Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2018). "Summary Statement, 3rd Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
• Swain, Craig (2019). "Summary Statement, 4th Quarter 1863 – 1st Missouri Artillery". To the Sound of the Guns. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

Further reading

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: 1st Regiment Light Artillery - Missouri. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co. pp. 1313–1316. Retrieved August 3, 2020. Service records of each battery may be found here.