As of 08/08/2006

1st Regiment Light Artillery
(Previously identified as RG 9, v. 142)

Description Box #
Correspondence of Col. William T. Withers (36 items), 1862-1863;
Enlistment papers regarding James M. Armstrong, James J. Boyd, Josiah O. Goodwin, Benjamin M. Hambric, John M. McClellan, William J. McClellan and Charles W. Myatt, Mobile, Alabama, May 1, 1864;
Account explaining absence of Lieutenant Lancaster's section at Battle of Baker's Creek, undated;
Fragmented account of Regiment in battle of Baker's Creek, undated;
Description by Captain Johnston of artillery used at Baker's Creek and Champion Hill, November 3, 1900;
Report of organization of artillery attached to three infantry corps (Hardee's, Lee's, and Stewart's) and one cavalry corps composing the Army of Tennessee, undated;
Letter, S.D. Lee to Colonel Power, September 2, 1899;
Letter, R.M. Middleton to Colonel Power, November 15, 1900;
Instructions to the Mississippi Commission by William T. Rigby, asking commissioners to locate the position of the First Regiment Light Artillery on the battlefield at Vicksburg, undated;
Letter, B.Y. Wade to Dunbar Rowland, June 1, 1904;
Final statement, undated.
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Return, First Regiment Light Artillery, August 1862;
Return, First regiment Light Artillery, January 1863;
Return, First Regiment Light Artillery, February 1863;
Roster of men absent on detail or on sick leave, undated (copy).
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Company A (Ridley's Battery aka Ratliff's Battery):
   Record book, 1861-1865.
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   Roster of Jefferson County volunteers, undated;
   Historic roll, undated;
   List of members of Ratliff's battery (photostatic copy), undated.
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Company B (Herod's Battery, aka Vaughn Rebels):
   Confederate military service memoranda concerning the Vaughn Rebels, supplied by Robert Bowman, undated.
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Company C (Turner's Battery):
   Letter, Captain W.T. Ratliff to Colonel J.L. Power, concerning activities of Turner's battery in 1863, November 6, 1900.
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   Historic roll, undated. 304
Company D (Wofford's Battery):
   List of company members, undated (post-war);
   List of company members with service data, undated (post-war).
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Company E (Carroll Light Artillery):
   Letter, J.B. Simpson to Dunbar Rowland, June 10, 1903;
   Request for transfer, P.T. Parker and E.H. Baldwin, undated.
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Company F (Bradford's Battery):
   Letter, T.G. Dabney to Colonel J.L. Power, Clarksdale, Mississippi, November 4, 1900;
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Muster roll from Port Hudson, LA, July – October, 1862. 304
Company G (Cowan's Battery):
   Letter, George H. Tompkins to Colonel J.L. Power, November 6, 1900;
   MDAH veterans' survey form of Sergeant James W. Conklin, undated.
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Company H (Conner Battery):
   Letter, G.J. Bahin to Colonel Power, November 7, 1900.
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Company I (Bowman's Battery):
   Letter, Robert Bowman to Colonel J.L. Power, November 5, 1900;
   MDAH veterans' survey form pertaining to Bowman's Battery, completed by Robert Bowman, May 1905.
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Company K (Abbay's Battery):
   MDAH veterans' survey form of Earl Vandorn Miller, undated;
   MDAH veterans' survey form of Robert V. McDonald, undated;
   List of Jefferson County volunteers in Company K, undated.
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   Historic roll, undated. 304
Company L (Vaiden Artillery):
   Furlough of Private Joseph Hirsh, with statement of effective strength of company, September 23, 1864;
   Roll of Vaiden Artillery, undated;
   "Roll of Vaiden Ar't'y," compiled by 1st Sergeant J.B. Simpson for Colonel J.L. Power, undated (post-war).
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   Account of mail sent from the post office at Grenada, February 1864;
   History of the Vaiden Light Artillery, December 23, 1864;
   Muster roll, July 5, 1863;
   Muster and pay roll, April 30, 1863 to December 31, 1863 (2 copies);
   Muster and pay roll, October 31, 1863 (2 copies);
   Muster and pay roll, February 29, 1864 to April 30, 1864;
   Muster and pay roll, February 28, 1865 to April 30, 1865 (3 copies);
   Fragment of morning report, undated;
   Monthly morning reports (16), 1864-1865;
   Muster and pay roll, January 1 to February 29, 1864;
   Muster roll, January 1 to February 29, 1864;
   Muster roll (fragment), 1862-1863;
   Pay roll (fragment), undated;
   Muster and pay roll, December 1 (?), 1864 to February 28, 1865;
   Muster roll with service data, undated (December 1864 or later);
   List of Vaiden Artillery members compiled by N.W. Tyler, undated;
   Muster roll (fragment), undated (September 1862 or later).
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