4th Louisiana Field Battery
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|unit_name = 4th Louisiana Field Battery
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|dates = August 1862 – 2 June 1865
|country = {{Flag|Confederate States of America}}
|allegiance = {{Flag|Confederate States of America}}
{{Flagicon image|Flag of Louisiana (February 1861).svg}} Louisiana
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|branch = {{army|CSA}}
|type = Artillery
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|size = Company
|equipment = 4 guns
|notable_commanders= Archibald J. Cameron
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- American Civil War
- Red River campaign (1864)
- Destruction of Clara Bell (1864)
- {{tree list/final branch}}Action at Sunnyside Landing (1864)
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The 4th Louisiana Field Battery was an artillery unit recruited from volunteers in Louisiana and Mississippi that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 4-gun battery organized in August 1862 with recruits from Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Jefferson County, Mississippi. The unit usually accompanied Isaac F. Harrison's 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment and fought in several skirmishes in April 1863. The battery fought in the Red River campaign in 1864 but saw little action. On 24 July 1864, the battery helped destroy the Union river transport Clara Bell at Ashton Landing. On 27 July, it damaged two Union transports at Sunnyside Landing in Arkansas. The unit traveled to Marshall, Texas, in early 1865 to refit and was there when the war ended.{{sfn|Bergeron|1989|pp=22–23}}
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References
- {{cite book|last=Bergeron |first=Arthur W. Jr. |title=Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 |year=1989 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |location=Baton Rouge, La. |isbn=0-8071-2102-9 }}
- {{cite book|last=Boatner |first=Mark M. III |authorlink=Mark M. Boatner III |title=The Civil War Dictionary |year=1959 |publisher=David McKay Company Inc. |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn= 0-679-50013-8 }}
- {{cite book|last1=Dimitry |first1=John |last2=Harrell |first2=John M. |title=Confederate Military History: Louisiana and Arkansas |volume=10 |year=1899 |location=Atlanta, Ga. |publisher=Blue & Gray Press }}
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