List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
Artillery
Most artillery units seem to have begun the war named for the city or county that sponsored its organization. In the Official Records, artillery units are most often referred to by the name of their battery commander.

List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units

Section Title: Artillery
Table Section Text: Most artillery units seem to have begun the war named for the city or county that sponsored its organization. In the Official Records, artillery units are most often referred to by the name of their battery commander.

Final Designation	Organization Date	Commander's	Alternate Designation

1st Arkansas Light Artillery	April 1861 (First Organization) October 1861 (Second Organization)	Captain John G. Reid Captain David Provence Captain John T. Humphreys Captain John W. Rivers	Fort Smith Artillery Reid's Battery Rivers' Battery Provence's Battery, Humphreys' Battery

2nd Arkansas Light Artillery	July 15, 1861	Captain Franklin Roberts Captain Jannedine H. Wiggins	Clark County Artillery Arkansas Horse Artillery Wiggins' Battery Company E, 14th Georgia Artillery Battalion

3rd Arkansas Light Artillery	State Service, June 15, 1861 Confederate Service, July 25, 1861	Captain James G. Thrall Captain George W. McCown Captain George T. Hubbard	Jackson Light Artillery Thrall's Battery McCown's Battery Arkansas Rats

1st Arkansas Field Battery	April 1861	Captain James J. Gaines Captain Francis M. McNally	John D. Adams Artillery Adams Artillery. Gaines' Arkansas Battery McNally's Arkansas Battery

2nd Arkansas Field Battery	August 1, 1861	Captain William Hart Captain Francis McNally	McNally's Battery Dallas Artillery, Hart's Battery

3rd Arkansas Field Battery	December 1860, State Militia December 27, 1861, Reorganized	Captain Robert C. Newton Captain William E. Woodruff, Jr. Captain John G. Marshall	Pulaski Light Artillery, Weaver Light Artillery Marshall's Battery

4th Arkansas Field Battery	Spring 1862	Captain Henry C. West	Desha County Artillery, West's Battery

5th Arkansas Field Battery	April 1862	Captain William C. Bryan Captain William Hogg Captain Christopher Columbus Scott	Appeal Battery Memphis Appeal Battery

6th Arkansas Field Battery	14 June 1862	Captain Chambers B. Etter	Washington Artillery, Etter's Battery

7th Arkansas Field Battery	August 6, 1862	Captain William D. Blocher Captain J. V. Zimmerman	Blocher's Battery Zimmerman's Battery

8th Arkansas Field Battery	March 1863	Captain William M. Hughey	Hughey's Battery

9th Arkansas Field Battery	Sept 20, 1863	Captain John T. Trigg	Trigg's Battery

Company H, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery(1st Organization)	December 1861	Captain Frederick William Hoadley Captain William Pratt Parks	"Magruder Guards", Company D, 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (2nd Organization) Arkansas Artillery

Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (1st Organization)	December 6, 1861	Captain D. Whit Harris Captain Paul Thomas Dismukes	"McCown Guards" Company A, 1st Tennessee Light Artillery(2nd Organization)

Brown's Arkansas Battery	Summer 1864	Captain Louis W. Brown	Newton Artillery

Crawford Artillery	April 1861	Captain James T. Stewart	Company F, 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops

Helena Artillery	April 29, 1861, State Service July 6, 1861, Confederate Service	Captain A. W. Clarkson Captain John H. Calvert Captain Thomas J. Key	Clarkson's Battery, Key's Battery Company C, 20th Alabama Light Artillery Battalion Company H, 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion

Monticello Artillery	February 8, 1862	Captain James A. Owens Captain W. C. Howell	Drew Light Artillery, Owen's Battery

Pine Bluff Artillery	April 21, 1861, State Militia	Captain Frederick P. Steck	Steck's Battery Company G, 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Marmaduke's)

Ried's Arkansas Battery	Summer 1862	Captain John G. Reid	Reid's Battery,

Shoup's Mountain Battery	November 1862	Captain James C. Shoup	Shoup's (Arkansas) Battery

Trigg's Arkansas Battery	July 1861	Captain John T. Trigg Captain Thomas M. Austin	Trigg's Battery Company B, Shoup's Battalion Austin Artillery

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The 2nd Arkansas Field Battery in 1861 was a Confederate Civil War.

final_sentence: The 2nd Arkansas Field Battery in 1861 was a Confederate Civil War.