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Organized at Monticello, Drew county, Arkansas, on February 8, 1862, this battery was usually referred to as Owens’ Battery, and later as Howell’s Battery, Arkansas light artillery.  In some postwar records it is sometimes referred to as the Drew Light Artillery.  Captain James A. Owens served as commander of the battery from February 8, 1862, until his resignation on October 11, 1864, at which time Senior First Lieutenant William C. Howell assumed command.  The battery served east of the Mississippi River for most of the war, and was among the last Confederate troops in that region to surrender, May 10, 1865, at Meridian, Mississippi.  A total of 188 men served with the Monticello Artillery during the war.  The vast majority of the men were from Drew county, with smaller numbers from the neighboring counties of Ashley, Bradley and Desha.  In the summer of 1863, a small number of Mississippians from Chickasaw, Lowndes and Monroe counties were recruited by the Monticello Artillery.

Akin, George W—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, June 15, 1863.

Allen, Jabez A—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Allen, Samuel A Jr—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Alsobrook, Henry H—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Anthony, M V—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Arnold, Austin—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Arnold, Eli—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Arnold, Gilbert—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Arnold, Rankin—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Arnold, Richard—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Arnold, William—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Barksdale, John F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Barksdale, W J—Junior First Lieutenant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Bartlett, J W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Beam, J T—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Benthal, John—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Berry, Henry W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Berryman, William L—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Bigelow, Alfred B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Bremgartner, Albert—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Brice, J P—Second Lieutenant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Brown, Allen W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Brown, J J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Brown, John R—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Brown, R F—Private; enlisted at Richmond, Virginia, April 14, 1864.

Brown, Thomas J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Burks, Henry Clay—Sergeant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Burks, William Pinkney—First Lieutenant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Burt, J H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Bussey, Joseph F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Butler, J E—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Byers, James C—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, July 1, 1863.

Carr, Jasper Milton—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Carson, Andrew J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Carter, John J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Cason, John—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Cherry, J H—Bugler; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Childress, C S—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, October 1, 1862.

Clary, J W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Clower, G W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Cornish, T J—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Cory, Hiram—Private; no further information.

Cotham, David B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Cotham, Richard H—Sergeant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Craig, D P—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Craig, John C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Craig, S G—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Crockett, F P—Sergeant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Crute, Algernon S—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Crute, E S—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, October 1, 1862.

Cunningham, Joel V—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Cunningham, Robert M—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Davis, Selden M—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Dickey, Samuel Wilson—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Dixon, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Douglas, William A—Sergeant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Duke, T D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Dunham, J H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Dunham, James F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Dunlap, John H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Dykes, Richard E—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, September 15, 1863.

Echols, William Joseph—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, October 5, 1863.

Evans, Peter W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Evans, Thomas C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Evetts, Chesley B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Fleming, William—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Folliard, John F—Private; transferred from 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment.

Free, James H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Gallaway, N J—Private; no further information.

Garrett, W T—Corporal; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Gaster, John—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Gaster, Stephen Jr—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Giles, H C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Gillis, W W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Goldberg, Charles—Quartermaster-Sergeant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Golding, John Reid—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, November 13, 1862.

Green, John—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Hall, Montraville Taylor—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Handley, William—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Harper, John T—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Harper, William H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 4, 1863.

Harris, James T—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Harwell, Green W—Private; enlisted at Columbus, Mississippi, February 26, 1863.

Harwell, John S—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Haynes, John Logan—First Lieutenant; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Henley, Joshua—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Hester, Robert H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Hill, G L—Private; enlisted at New Albany, Mississippi, September 20, 1862.

Hill, H C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Hoke, Miles A—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Holderness, George W—Sergeant-Major; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Holladay, Thomas A J—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, July 8, 1863.

House, John D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

House, William C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Howell, A J—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, January 1, 1864.

Howell, William C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Hume, J H—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, June 23, 1863.

Hunt, J E—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, June 15, 1863.

Hunter, J W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, October 1, 1862.

Ivey, Augustus C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Jackson, William—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Johnston, J F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Johnston, Moses P—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Jones, James B R—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Kerr, W D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Knox, Martin—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Laney, O D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Lang, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Langley, James L—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Lanier, J W—Private; enlisted at Pritchard’s Crossroads, Mississippi, May 24, 1864.

Lephiew, Robert Monroe—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Lillard, Francis Marion—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Lindsey, James R—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Loveless, George W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Loveless, John W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Lowe, B G—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

McAllister, William—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

McBryde, Enos P—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

McClain, William—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

McClure, Thomas M—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

McDermott, James Dudley—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Martin, Charles H—Private; transferred from 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion, April 26, 1862.

Matthews, William J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

May, W B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Meek, William W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Meroney, J Martin—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Miller, John W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Montgomery, Samuel Asbury—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Morris, William J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, October 1, 1862.

Murrain, Willis B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Murray, Alexander—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Nash, Charles D—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, August 28, 1863.

Neely, Thomas J B—Private; enlisted at Co.umbus, Mississippi, March 16, 1864.

Nelson, Thomas D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Nichols, John H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

O’Brien, James—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, June 27, 1863.

Olive, Peter Hughes—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, September 14, 1862.

Owen, Benjamin F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Owen, George H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Owen, Manning W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Owens, James A—Captain; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Owens, M D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Ozment, Joseph C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Ozment, William Overton—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Paul, T J F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Perkins, E J—Private; enlisted at Meridian, Mississippi, May 2, 1864.

Poole, S A—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Powers, John—Private; transferred from 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, February 14, 1865.

Preddy, George H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Pye, E H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Railey, Thomas—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Rankin, William H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Raymond, W L—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Reap, Richard G—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Reaves, F A—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Reed, Francis N—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Ridgell, Arkansas—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 15, 1864.

Rogers, J P—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Rogers, William J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Rowlett, Richard D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Sharp, Terrell M—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Small, Charles M—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Smith, William—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Stewart, N B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Stiles, J N—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Stroud, R J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Sullivan, James C—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Terry, John—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Thill, Nicholas—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Thompson, J B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Thompson, J F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Thompson, John F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Thompson, Samuel J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Thompson, William M—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Thornton, James Thomas—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Tucker, J H—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Tucker, Jesse—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Twitty, G W—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, May 1, 1862.

Watson, Benjamin T C—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, July 8, 1863.

White, A F—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

White, Charles S—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

White, John A—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

White, Samuel J D—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, January 1, 1863.

Whitfield, N J—Private; enlisted at Okolona, Mississippi, July 1, 1863.

Wilson, Alexander J—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Wilson, L T—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Yancey, H B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

Young, J B—Private; enlisted at Monticello, Arkansas, February 8, 1862.

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