The 2nd Alabama Light 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.
This command was organized at Mobile on 16 October 1861, with men and officers were from that city mustered in on the 31st. The battery remained in the defence of that city untill the spring of 1862 when it moved to Corinth. It was in the Kentucky Campaign losing lightly at Munfordville, and none at Perryville. It suffered severely at Murfreesboro, where it was in Manigault’s brigade. At Chickamauga, the battery was engaged without loss; but at Missionary Ridge it lost three guns, and half its force was captured. The other half were distributed in Cobb’s (KY) and Mayberry’s (TN) battery (January 1864), and served till the end.
Officers:
WATERS, David D., Capt.
HAMILTON, William P., 1st Lt.
WATKINS, Charles W., 1st Lt.
BATTLE, Samuel G., 2nd Lt.
MULDON, James M., jr., 2nd Lt.
TURNER, George D., 2nd Lt.
McKENZIE, William, Sgt. Major
BYRNES, James, 1st Sgt.
ARMSTRONG, George W., Sgt.
BURKE, John, QM Sgt.
BYRNES, Thomas, Sgt.
GRIFFIN, Isaiah, Sgt.
HERBERT, Joseph J., Sgt.
JONES, Robert H., Sgt.
LASKEY, John, Sgt.
MARTIN, Robert, Sgt.
MAXWELL, ? ?, Commissary Sgt.
MEAD, Mathew, Sgt.
PLATT, John, Sgt.
POWELL, William F., Sgt.
SPRIGGS, George, Sgt.
STAFFORD, Edward, Sgt.
BAXTER, James, Cpl.
CAHILL, John, Cpl.
CAHILL, Richard, Cpl.
CLARKE, Charles, Cpl.
ELLIS, Christopher, Cpl.
PARKS, Joseph, Cpl.
RICHARDSON, Alexander, Cpl.
SAVAGE, James, Cpl.
SAVAGE, John, Cpl.
SCARBORER, Christopher, Cpl.
SHAW, William B., Cpl.
SMITH, James, Cpl.
YOUNG, James W., Cpl.
Privates:
ANDERSON, Robert
ATKINS, David
BAILEY, Saunders, Artificer
BAKER, George
BARNES, William
BARROW, Amos
BEAUCHAMP, J.
BECK, Christopher
BIRD, Newell
BOLTON, William A.
BOYLE, Lawrence
BRADY, Patrick, Artificer
BRADY, Philip
BRENNON, Barney
BRODERICK, Thomas
BURCH, Michael
CADDELL, James, Artificer
CALVERT, William
CANTY, John
CARROLL, John
CHAPMAN, Hugh
CHESTNUT, Arthur
CHESTNUT, Daniel
CHESTNUT, James
CLARKE, John
COLE, William
COLVIN, Henry
COLVIN, William
CONLEY, John
CONLIN, John
CONWAY, Timothy
COURTNEY, John
CREED, A.
CREEL, Willis
DAILY, Patrick
DEVINE, John
DIXON, Elbert
DOUGLASS, George
DUNLAP, Thomas
DURHAM, Thomas
ELEM, Thomas
ELEM, William
FELVY, Michael, Farrier, Blacksmith
FLATT, Henry
FLATT, John
FLYNN, Dennis
FOY, Peter
GALLEGHER, John
GARDNER, John
GARDNER, Thomas
GARVIN, William
GATLIN, John
GILLEY, Wright
GLANERON, E. G.
GLENNON, Edward
GOBERT, Edward, Artificer
GRADY, Lawrence
GREEN, Joel J.
GUNTER, George O.
GUNTER, John
HAROLD, James
HARRISON, Thomas
HENNESSEY, Michael
HOGAN, Patrick
HOGAN, Thomas
HORNE, Keron
HOWARD, ? ?
HOWARD, Levy
HUNT, William
HUTCHINSON, John T.
JACKMAN, ? ?
JAMES, Franklin
JONES, Elijah
JONES, Newton
JONES, William
JORDAN, John
JOURDAN, Ezekiel N.
KENNEDY, John
KERVIN, Hugh
KILLSHAW, William
KING, John
KING, Michael
KINNEY, Richard
KITCHENS, Francis, Artificer
LANDRUM, Samuel
LENNON, Edward
LEONARD, Patrick
LOOBY, Michael
LORD, William E.
LYNCH, John
LYON, John
McAMMON, John
McAVIN, John
McCABE, John
McCABE, Thomas
McCARTHY, William
McCONNELL, J. C.
McCUEN, John
McDONALD, John
McDONALD, Thomas
McINTYRE, Thomas
McLAUGHLIN, William
McLEAN, John
McLEANE, John
McLOUGHLIN, John
MACKEY, William
MACKS, Noah
MALONE, Peter
MARLOW, Robert
MARSHALL, George
MARTIN, James
MARTIN, William
MENNON, Barney
MERCHANT, Louis
MILLER, ? ?
MILLER, James
MILLER, William
MILLS, Andrew
MOORE, Pleasant D.
MOORE, William
MORRISSEY, Thomas
MURPHY, John (1st)
MURPHY, John (2nd)
MURPHY, John (3rd)
MURPHY, Richard
MURPHY, Thomas
MYRTHEN, Nicholas
NEWBURN, James
NEWBURN, Joel
NEWBURN, John
NEWBURN, William
NEWELL, Luke
NICHOLS, Eli
NICHOLS, Levi L.
NUBERN, Luie
NUGENT, Peter
O’NEAL, James
OWEN, Henry
POLK, James
POLLARD, Sylvester
POSTON, Benjamin
POSTON, James
POSTON, John
PRESTON, William
QUINN, John
RALL, John
REED, William
RESTER, Wilson
RITCHIE, Robert
ROACH, Thomas
RYAN, John
RYAN, Michael
SAUNDERS, Michael
SAUNDERS, Thomas
SCARBORER, Silas
SEVERON, Thomas
SHAUGHNISSY, William
SHAW, Robert
SHEA, Michael
SHEA, William
SKELLY, Francis
SKEYNE, John
SMITH, John
SMITH, John W.
STARKEY, Charles
STEPHENS, Peter
STEPHENS, William
STONE, Charles
SULLIVAN, Patrick
TAYLOR, William, Farrier, Blacksmith
TENNENT, Samuel
THORNTON, Jesse
TOBIN, Richard
TURNER, Charles E.
TWYNING, Isaac
UTLEY, Samuel
WALKER, John
WARD, Peter
WEAVER, John
WEAVER, Richard
WELCH, Michael
WELCH, Walter
WESTBROOK, George W.
WHITE, Henry
WILLIAMS, Albert
WILLIAMS, Jasper
YARBOROUGH, James