MARSHALL'S BATTERY

ARK LIGHT ARTILLERY

(formerly WOODRUFF'S Battery)

This battery was mustered out after the battle at Wilson's Creek, MO in 1861 and was called back into service in Dec 1861 and served the remainder of the the war and participated in the Battles at Helena, Little Rock, Red River Campaign and the Camden expedition, in addition to the Wilson's Creek Battle. The unit was known at various times as : Arkansas 3rd Field Artillery Battery, Arkansas Pulaski Artillery Battery, Arkansas Little Rock Artillery Battery, Woodruff.s Field Artillery Battery, Marshall's Field Artillery Battery. It was first commanded by CPT WILLIAM E. WOODRUFF, JR and later by CPT JOHN G. MARSHALL The records of the unit are on roll #40 of the Ark film and consist primarily of the name, rank, date of enrollment. All enrollments were at or near Little Rock unless otherwise noted.

Please note: There are no microfilm lookups possible for this Unit.... this is all theinformation that was on the microfilm. All dates listed are probably late 1861 or 1862 unless otherwise noted.

ADAMS. B.W. - SGT - Feb 12
ADAMS, J.G. - PVT - Died Nov 15, 1862
ALLISON, HUGH - PVT - 24 Feb 61
BANKS, J.H. - PVT - 25 Jan 1861 - Wounded slightly at Helena, AR 4 Jul 1863
BARNES, JOHN - PVT - 23 Feb 1863
BITTNER, WILLIAM - MUSICIAN - 22 Feb 1862 - Galveston, TX
BLACK, JACOB - PVT - Jan 9, 1861 - Ft Smith, AR
BLACK, JOSEPH - PVT - 14 Feb 1862
BLOCKER, WILLIAM D. - 1LT
BOFFMAN, JOHN - PVT - 19 Sep 1863
BRADBURY, H.S. - PVT - Jan 20 1863
BRANARD, M.D. - PVT - 12 Feb ?
BRICELIN, MILES - PVT - 11 Feb ? - Died of wounds 7 Nov 1863
BRODIE, J.K. - PVT - 29 Mar ?
BROWN, JOSEPH - CPL - 1 Nov 1862
BUCK, CHARLES H. - PVT - 3 Jul 1862
BUNCH, W.W. - PVT - 16 FEB
BUSHNELL, W. - PVT - 14 Feb
BUTTON, C.E.
BYRD, J.C. - CPL - 27 Dec 1861
CAMPBELL, J.D. - PVT - 25 Jan
CARROLL, JOHN - PVT - 2 May - San Antonio, TX
CAVANAUGH, GEORGE - PVT - 3 Jul
CLARK, W.H. - PVT
COLLITON, WILLIAM COURSEY, J.A. - PVT - 15 Feb
CRANE, D.B. - ARTIFICER - 17 Feb
CROWSON, ISAAC - PVT
DAVIDSON, S.T. - PVT - 3 Feb
DAVIS, J.W. - PVT - 16 Feb
DAVIS, W.R. - SGT - 29 Dec
DEVENPORT, CALVIN - PVT - 1 Jan 1862
DEVENPORT, J.T. - PVT - 11 - Jan
DEVENPORT, T.F. - PVT
DEVENPORT, RICHARD - PVT - 1 Sep 1862
DOUGLASS, W.R. - 1LT - 27 Dec - Born: TN
DUCKER, J.S. - PVT - 9 - Jan
DUN, JOHN - PVT - Feb 22 - Disch 3 Apr 1863
ELLIOTT, F.S. - PVT - 4 Feb
ELLYSON, CHS D. - PVT - Disch 14 May 1862
ENDLEBRIGHT, J.J. - PVT - 24 Feb - Dardanelle, AR
ENDLEBRIGHT, JOHN E.
EVERETT, J.M. - PVT - 19 Sep
FENTON, W.S. - PVT - 16 Feb
FIMPLE, ISAAC - PVT - 1 Jan 1863 - Born: Delaware Co, PA
FITZGERALD, J.H. - PVT - 17 Jan
FLETCHER, D. - PVT - 23 Feb
FLETCHER, HENRY S. - PVT - 25 Jan
FLETCHER, R. - PVT - 28 Jun
FLETCHER, T.J. - CPL - 16 Feb
FONES, A.T. - PVT - 16 Feb
FOSTER, W.E.
FRASHIER, W.J. - CPL
GARNER, S.G. - PVT - 6 Jul - Des Arc, AR
GEYER, GEORGE - PVT - 16 - Feb
GIBBONS, E.Q. - PVT - 24 Apr - Ft McCullouch
GRAHAM, CHARLES E.
GRAVES, R.B. - PVT - 22 Jun
GREEN, J.M. - PVT - 15 - Jul 1861 - Osage Hills
GRIFFITH, CHARLES - PVT - 16 Feb
GRISWELL, JAMES T. - MUSICIAN - 13 Feb
HADDOCK, NIX - PVT - 8 Jul
HALLEBURTON, G.T. - PVT Feb 1
HALLIBURTON, HENRY - LT - Dec 30, 1861
HARRINGTON, THOMAS - PVT - Disch 18 Jul 1862
HATFIELD, F.M. - PVT - 1 Sep
HARDY, H.F. - CPL - 16 Feb 1862 - Died 29 Jun 1864 at Camp Yell.
HARDY, J.S. - PVT - 16 Feb
HAWKS, D.J. - PVT - 18 - Sep
HAYNIE, WILLIAM - HOSP STEWARD - 22 Jun
HENRY, F.B. - PVT - 9 Sep
HICKS, JOHN S.(L) - PVT - Feb 12
HILL, F.M. - PVT - Feb 14
HOLLOWAY, HENRY - PVT - 1 Jul 1863
HUGGINS, W.S. - PVT - Jun 15 - Wounded seriously left thigh 4 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR
ISHAM, C.E. - PVT - May 28 - Ft McCullouch
JAMES, J.H. - PVT - Feb 8
JENNUP, R. - PVT - Feb 22
JONES, AARON - PVT - 4 Jul 1862
KEELING, B.F. - PVT - Sep 19
KIGER, THOMAS - PVT
KIMBALL, J.W. - SGT - Feb 10 - Disch 30 May 1862
KIMBALL, J.D. - PVT - Pulaski Lancers, Borlands Regt 2 - Apr 1861
KING, J.A. - PVT - Jul 8
KIRK, JAMES - PVT - 27 Jan
KUMPE, E. - PVT - 19 Feb
KUYKENDOLL, M. - PVT - Mar 8 - Dardanelle, AR
KUYKENDOLL, R. - PVT - Jan 25
LANGFORD, W.S. - PVT
LEWIS, DIDIMUS - PVT - Jan 3
LOCKERT, W.A. - PVT - Jan 25
LOWE, WILLIAM - CPL - Jan - 27
MAHARA, JOHN - PVT - Jan 25
MAHONEY, TIM - PVT - Jan 28
MARSHALL, JOHN G. - CPT - Dec 30, 1861 Commanding
MARTIN, JAMES PVT Sep9, 1861
MARTIN, W.A. PVT Feb 7, 1863
MATHEWS, J.C.(JAMES) - PVT - Sep 19, 1862 - Wounded seriously in shoulder 4 Jul 1863 at Helena, AR Captured, sent to Camp Morton, IN. - Died Feb 6, 1864
MAY, JAMES - PVT - Jun 25 - Caddo River
McCARTY, JAMES - PVT - 25 Mar - Fayetteville, AR
McCONAUGHY, N.T. - PVT
McGINTY, J.M. - PVT - 25 Feb - Lewisburg, AR
McHENRY, B.J. - PVT - Disch 19 Jul 1862
McKAY, JOHN R. - 1LT
McKEE, JOHN PVT
McKINNEY, JOHN - PVT - 1 Nov 1862
McRIGHT, J.M. - PVT - 21 Feb
McWHERTER, D.A. - PVT - Jan 16
MEARES, J.J. - 2LT - Dec 27, 1863
MELTON, J.H. - PVT - Sep 1862
MELTON, S. - PVT - Sep 19
MENDENHALL, J.F. - PVT
MILLINON, J. - PVT - Jan 13
MILLS,ANDERSON - SGT - Dec 31
MOORE, G.M.
MOORE, J.M. - PVT - Jan 27
MOORE, T.H. - PVT - Feb 16
MORRIS, J.M. - PVT - Dec 29
MORROW, S.D. - PVT - Feb 16
MOURY, J. - PVT
MOWRY, W.J. - PVT - Sep19
NELSON, JAMES - QMSGT - Jan 16
NEWBERRY, JNO. C. - PVT - 1 Mar 1863
OLIVER, JOHN - BLKSMITH - Feb 23
O'TOOLE, OWEN - PVT - Disch 19 Jul 1862
PALMER, C. - PVT - Mar 29 - Ft McCullouch
PALMER, J. - PVT - Dec 6 - Olivette Store
PARKER, D.A. - PVT - 30 Dec 1861
PARKS, J.D. - PVT - 19 Jul 1862
PIKE, S.H. - PVT
REIMSHARD, FRED - PVT - Feb 16
REED, LEVI - PVT - Jul 10
REYNOLDS, J.W. - PVT - Feb 14
RICHARDS, D. - PVT - Feb 12
RICHARDS, WILLIAM - PVT - Jun 22
RIDER, WILLIAM - SGT - Dec 27
ROGERS, J.M. - PVT - Sep 9
ROWLETT, E. - PVT - Sep 14
RUTHERFORD, H. - PVT - 19 Jul 1862
SAMPLE, J.H. - PVT - Sep 17
SCHULTZ, A.A. - PVT - Jan 27
SEARCEY, J.A. - ASST SURGEON
SKELTON, N.J. - PVT - Feb 14
SMITH, A.F. - PVT - Jan 23
SMITH, J. - PVT - Jan 22
SMITHEE, J.H. - 2LT - Dec 24 - Age 21, Born, AR. Wounded slightly in hip at Helena 4 Jul 1863
SOMERS, A.C. - CPL - Dec - 29
THERNNA, CHARLES - PVT - Dec 27 - Disch 17 Dec 1862
THOMAS, H.
TILLEY, LOUIS - PVT - Feb 16
TRAWICK, A.C. - PVT - Feb 16
VAUGHN, F. - PVT - Feb 11 - Wounded seriously at Helena, AR 4 Jul 1863. Left arm Off - rt hand & breast seriously.
VAUGHAN, J. - PVT - Jul 5
WAIT, G.H. - PVT - Sep 26
WALLS, J.M. - PVT - Mar 7
WATKINS, ROBERT R.
WILLIAMS, F.S. SR - 1LT - 27 Dec 1861
WILLIAMS, J.E. - PVT - Feb 11
WOODRUFF, WILLIAM E JR. - CPT - 27 Dec 1861. Promoted to Major 17 Apr 1862.
YOUNG, J.G. - PVT - Oct 18 - Clarksville, AR
YOUNGER, P.B. - PVT - Jul 15

PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM THE MICROFILM OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. LOOKUPS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS UNIT AND IT'S MEN. ALL KNOWN INFORMATION IS ON THIS PAGE.

The above information may be used for non-commercial historical and genealogical purposes only and with the consent of the page owner may be copied for the same purposes so long as this notice remains a part of the copied material. EDWARD G. GERDES