1st Battalion , 258th Field Artillery ( United States ) The 1st Battalion , 258th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) is a field artillery battalion of the New York Army National Guard . It was originally constituted as the 4th Regiment , New York State Artillery and organized on 9 October 1809 at New York , from two existing battalions of Volunteer Militia Artillery dating back to 1786 . It was redesignated on 13 June 1812 as the 3d Regiment , New York State Artillery . History . The unit was mustered into Federal service on 15 September 1812 and mustered out of Federal service on 15 December 1812 . It was mustered again into Federal service on 2 September 1814 and mustered out of Federal service , on 3 December 1814 . It was redesignated on 27 July 1847 as the 8th Regiment , New York State Militia . The unit was mustered into Federal service on 26 April 1861 at Washington , D . C . , and mustered out of Federal service 2 August 1861 at New York . It was mustered again into Federal service on 29 May 1862 at New York and mustered out of Federal service 11 September 1862 ( the New York State Militia was redesignated in 1862 as the New York National Guard ) ; mustered into Federal service on 17 June 1863 at New York and mustered out of Federal service on 23 July 1863 . The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 6 December 1893 as the 8th Battalion . It expanded and was redesignated on 14 February 1896 as the 8th Infantry Regiment . It was mustered into Federal service between 14 and 19 May 1898 as the 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Peekskill but did not serve outside continental United States , and was mustered out of Federal service on 3 November 1898 at New York . The unit reorganized and was redesignated on 10 December 1906 as the 8th Battalion . It was then expanded and redesignated on 21 January 1908 as the 8th Infantry Regiment before being reorganized and redesignated on 23 January 1908 as the 8th Artillery District . It was redesignated on 10 August 1914 as the 8th Coast Defense Command . The unit was mustered into Federal service on 22 July 1917 with elements at Fort Totten , Fort Schuyler , and Fort Wadsworth , NY . ( Depot Battalion , 8th Coast Defense Command , was organized in June 1917 in the New York National Guard , and redesignated on 13 September 1917 in the New York Guard as the 8th Coast Artillery Corps ) . The 8th Coast Defense Command reorganized on 1 February 1918 with elements redesignated as Supply Company and Batteries B , C , and D , 58th Artillery , Coast Artillery Corps ; the remainder of personnel transferred to companies of the Coast Defenses of Southern New York and to 10th Company , Coast Defenses of Eastern New York . The New York elements of the 58th Artillery , Coast Artillery Corps , demobilized on 7 May 1919 at Camp Upton , NY ( the elements of the Coast Defenses of Southern New York demobilized on 7 December 1918 ; and the 10th Company , Coast Defenses of Eastern New York was discontinued in December 1918 ) . The former 8th Coast Defense Command reorganized on 7 August 1919 in the New York Guard , and concurrently , the 8th Coast Artillery Corps consolidated with the 8th Coast Defense Command . The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 2 May 1921 as the 193d Artillery , Coast Artillery Corps , New York National Guard ; lst Battalion organized and Federally recognized 9 May 1921 at New York . It was reorganized and redesignated on 28 November 1921 as the 258th Field Artillery . The unit was inducted into Federal service on 3 February 1941 at New York 1st Battalion reorganized and redesignated on 8 February 1943 as the 258th Field Artillery Battalion . It inactivated on 19 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish , MA ( Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 24th Armored Group consolidated with the 258th Field Artillery Battalion , on 27 September 1946 ) . The unit reorganized and was Federally recognized on 10 November 1947 at New York . It consolidated with the 258th Artillery , on 16 March 1959 . The 258th Artillery currently holds 4 unit awards . The Presidential Unit Citation , Meritorious Unit Citation w / bronze oak leaf and the Belgian Fourragere . The current 258th FA . The 258th Artillery was re - designated 1st Battalion , 258th Field Artillery . Currently composed of three batteries and a support company . Battery A is located in New Windsor , New York . Battery B in Bronx , New York . Headquarters and Headquarters Battery in Jamaica , New York and Company G , 427th BSB in Jamaica , NY . The current armament of 1 / 258th FA is the M119 105mm Towed howitzer . They are programmed to transition to the new M777 155 - mm towed howitzer in FY 2013 . Since 2001 the unit has sent soldiers to both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom . See also . New York Army National Guard Field artillery 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team