"cannon at champions hill" Topic

I'm just starting a project. i'm initially doing a couple of the divisions that fought at champions hill, ive sorted the regt strengths but i'm having difficulty finding information regards numbers and type of guns in the various batteries that were on the field. can anybody point me in the right direction. much thanks for any help.

You can try searching for each battery by name. That might give you a "unit history" that lists the types of guns. But more often than not, no gun composition is given, even in the on-line Official Records.

I've had the same problem with the Army of Tennessee and Army of the Cumberland in Tennessee in 1863.

I've asked a couple of Civil War historian friends if they can assist. I'll post their response if they have any source(s) where you can look.

Good luck,

Jim

Have you tried "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War"? It often has extensive OBs for the battles.

Thanks for the responses, (even though I've posted this on the wrong board) I have battles and leaders so i'll dig it out. failing that I will just go a mix of parrots and Naps a reasonable compromise I feel.

The following list of the artillery at Champion Hill is taken from the 3 volumes of Ed Bearss, The Vicksburg Campaign, (1986). Bearss draws heavily from the ORs so I expect he has included whatever information can be found from that source.

Confederate

Loring's Division
C, 14th Mississippi Artillery Battalion – 2 x 6# SB, 2 x 12# How
G, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment – 6 guns
A and C, Pointe Coupée (Louisiana) Artillery – 8 guns including 2 x 3" R, 2 x 6# SB, 2 x 12# How (no indication as to the last two guns)
D, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment – 4 guns

Stevenson's Division
Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery – 1x 12# Nap, 1 x 6# SB (lost two guns earlier in the campaign)
A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment – 2 x 12# Nap, 2 x 6# SB
Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery – 4 x 10# Parrott R
Waddell's Alabama Battery – 2 x 6# SB, 2 x 12# How, 2x 12# Nap
3rd Maryland Artillery – 2 x 3" R, 4 x 6# SB

Bowen's Divison
Wade's (Missouri) Battery – 6 guns including 3 x 10# Parrott R
Landis' (Missouri) Battery – 2 x 12# Nap, 2 x 24# How
Guibor's (Missouri) Battery – 4 x 12# Nap
3rd Missouri Battery – 4 guns including 2 x 24# How
Lowe's (Missouri) Battery – 4 guns

Union

Osterhaus' Division
7th Battery, Michigan Light Artillery – 6 x 10# Parrott R
1st Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery – 6 x 20# Parrott R

Smith's Division
Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery – 2 x 3" R, 4 x 6# SB
17th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery – 6 x 10# Parrott R

Hovey's Division
2nd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery – 6 guns
16th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery – 6 guns
A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery – 6 x 6# SB

Carr's Division
A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery – 2 6# SB, 2x 10# Parrott R
1st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery – 2 x 12# How, 4 x 12# Nap

Blair's Division
A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery -1 x 10# Parrott R, 5 x 12# How
B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery – 2 x 12# How, 4x 6# SB

Logan's Division
D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery – 4 x 24# How
L, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery – 4 x 12# James R
8th Battery, Michigan Light Artillery – 2 x 12# How, 4 x 12# James R
3rd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery – 2 x 6# SB, 4 x 12# James R

Crocker's Division
M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery – 6 x 10# Parrott R
11th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery – 6 guns
6th Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery – 6 guns including 12# How
12th Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery – 4 guns

thanks for that looking at doing Bowen's and Hovey's divisions first.