Skip, the NARA Compiled Service Records, as well as the Official Records, Battles and Leaders, Sifakis, etc., all list the Appeal Battery as an Arkansas outfit. Late in the war it was redesignated as the 5th Arkansas Field Battery.

Thanks for the information on the connection between Ouachita County and the Memphis Appeal. I've often wondered why a Memphis newspaper would pony up the cash to outfit an Arkansas battery. Now I know!