- Joined
- Apr 8, 2018
- Location
- Coffeeville, TX
I've been trying to track four "Tredegar Mountain Rifles", (I'll just say "M1862" for short), that were supposedly shipped West sometime in early to mid 1862. My, preliminary findings have been that along with a few of the more famous "Mountain Howitzers" they initially constituted the guns of "Shoup's Mountain Battery", formed in Arkansas just in time for the battles of Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove, before the battery was disbanded by General Hindman, for ineffectiveness, and the guns were last listed as being in storage in Dardanelle sometime after Prairie Grove.
After that its in question where these guns ended up, a lot of the officers that had served with "Shoups's Battery" later served with "Hughey's Battery", but I've not found sufficient evidence to say the M1862's were apart of that battery, (but I've found evidence that they weren't lol), however, I've found one M1862 listed as being apart of "R.W. Lee's Texas Battery" in the Indian Territory at the Battle of Honey Springs.
Does anyone know what happened to these guns? I've not had the time to go the library to consult the official records, so I don't trust what I've found on the internet thus far, and have become understandably curious regarding these super rare Tredegar guns
After that its in question where these guns ended up, a lot of the officers that had served with "Shoups's Battery" later served with "Hughey's Battery", but I've not found sufficient evidence to say the M1862's were apart of that battery, (but I've found evidence that they weren't lol), however, I've found one M1862 listed as being apart of "R.W. Lee's Texas Battery" in the Indian Territory at the Battle of Honey Springs.
Does anyone know what happened to these guns? I've not had the time to go the library to consult the official records, so I don't trust what I've found on the internet thus far, and have become understandably curious regarding these super rare Tredegar guns
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