History of The Battery

Stanford's Mississippi Horse Drawn Battery

The Original Battery

Mustered into Confederate service- 6 November 1861
Grenada, MS

Surrendered and paroled - 10 May 1865
Cuba Station, AL

First Commander - Capt. Thomas Jefferson Stanford
Last Commander - Lt. James S. McCall

First duty station - Columbus, KY
Last duty station - Fort Stonewall, Choctaw Bluffs, Alabama River

First major battle - Shiloh, TN, 6,7 April 1862
Last major battle - Nashville, TN, 14 Nov - 23 Jan 1865

Major Battles
Shiloh, TN
Perryville, KY
Stones River (Murfreesboro), TN
Chickamauga, GA
Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga), TN
Resaca, GA
New Hope Church, GA
Kennesaw Mountain, GA
Atlanta (GA) Campaign
Jonesboro, GA
Nashville, TN

The Reactivated Battery

Organized, Pascagoula, Mississippi - 1979

Affiliates
1st Confederate Legion
1st Confederate Division, North-South Alliance

Primary portrayal - SMB, CS Army of Tennessee
"Originally the Army of Mississippi"
Federal portrayal - 6th Ohio Light Artillery

Motion Picture Appearances
North and South II
PBS Documentary

Marked Military Cemeteries at:
Raymond, Port Gibson, Brice's Crossroads
Duck Hill, Magnolia & the Confederate Cemetery in Durant MS.

Awarded three Certificates of Merit by the
Mississippi Historical Society for grave-site marking efforts

Instrumental in the purchase & interpretation of
significant portions of the original battlefield at
Raymond, MS

Involved in battlefield preservation efforts at
Brice's Crossroads, MS, Champion Hill, MS and Fort Blakeley, AL

Restored original Model 1861 3-inch Ordinance Rifle
the "Duchess "

2007 Purchased 5 Horse's from Capt. Kent Oestenstad

2008 Purchased the Confederate Horse Artillery Harness from and made by Capt. Kent Oestenstad

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