Alexander Papers
9/30 S O #42
III. Gen McCulloch, with his entire Infy force, Haldeman's & Edgar's Btrys, & the Cav of his division, will move immediately to Devall's Bluff, take post near that place, & report by telegraph to Major-Gen Hindman for further instructions.
IV. Gen Nelson, with his entire Infy force & Daniel's Cdg Btry, will proceed immediately to Clarendon, & report to Gen Roane.
V. Col McRae, with his entire Infantry force & Woodruff's Btry will proceed immediately to Des Arc and take post near that place. He will assume command of Pratt's Btry & report to Gen Hindman for further instructions.
[Excerpts from Alexander Papers]
ca Dec 62-Hindman to Holmes-When will you start McCulloch? What other troops will you send & when?
ca. Dec-Holmes to Hindman-McCulloch's division starts today for Vicksburg- The enemy have left Helena
ca Dec-Hindman to Holmes- Will you let McCulloch take his small arms & accoutrements, & his Btrys?
ca. Dec-Holmes to Hindman-McCulloch takes only his effectives with two Btrys.
ca Dec-Hindman to Holmes-it is terrible for arms & good Btrys to go away from us. - Shot guns are almost worthless against long range guns. - My Arty is very poor, except two Btrys
ca. Dec-Holmes to Hindman-McCulloch has three Brigades-one of Nelson's old divisions is at the post. I could send the parrott guns but have no harness I suppose there will be no difficulty about forage & subsistence but am not certain
ca Dec-Hindman to Holmes-It is very important to [have / leave] Arty that can cope with the rifle gun of the enemy. They have a great many, & handle them splendidly
ca. Dec-Holmes to Hindman-Do you think I had better change Edgar's Guns to Parrotts?
ca Dec-Hindman to Holmes-I think you had better give Edgar 4 Parrotts, 2 Howitzers & 4 Parrotts. His is a good company, strong enough for six guns--& 2 Howitzers to Marmaduke.
E. S. C. ROBERTSON'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CIVIL WAR
University of Texas @ Arlington
[Summary]
10/22 Capt Robertson of McCulloch’s staff -Reviewed Deshler’s Bgde-Nelson, Darnell, [Sweet], Taylor Regts- Also Flournoy’s Bgde-Flournoy’s & Fitzhugh’s Regts & Edgar’s Btry
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The “Camp Nelson Bunch” that left there on Nov 24, 1862 McCulloch’s [soon to be Walker’s] Texas Division. Deshler’s Brigade left Camp Nelson on Nov 21 for Arkansas Post where it was captured.
The remaining brigades of Walker’s Division were organized thusly:
Official Records, Vol 22
Organization of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department, Lieut. Gen. Theophilus Holmes, C. S. Army, commanding, December 12, 1862
Second Corps
FIRST DIVISION.
Brigadier General HENRY E. McCULLOCH.
First Brigade.
Colonel OVERTON YOUNG.
12th Texas, Colonel O. Young.
18th Texas, Colonel W. B. Ochiltree.
22nd Texas, Colonel R. B. Hubbard.
13th Texas Cavalry, Colonel J. H. Burnett.
Second Brigade.
Colonel HORACE RANDAL.
11th Texas, Colonel O. M. Roberts.
14th Texas, Colonel Edward Clark.
15th Texas, Colonel J. W. Speight.
28th Texas Cavalry, Colonel H. Randal.
Gould's (Texas) Cavalry Battalion.
Third Brigade.
Colonel GEORGE FLOURNOY.
16th Texas, Colonel George Flournoy.
17th Texas, Colonel R. T. P. Allen.
19th Texas, Colonel Richard Waterhouse.
16th Texas Cavalry, Colonel William Fitzhugh.
Artillery.
Daniel's (Texas) battery.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, February 18, 1863, p. 1, c. 4
The following Texas regiments are, or lately were, in service in Arkansas: Young's, Randall's, Mill's, Waterhouse's, Wilkes', Burford's, Ochiltree's, Allen's, Gillespie's, Flournoy's, Hubbard's, Robert's, Darnell's, Fitzhugh's, Parson's, Lane's, Burnett's, Taylor's, Garland's, Carter's, and DeMorse's. Also the following batteries: Daniel's, Hardeman's, Edgar's and Pratt's. To these should be added Gould's battalion. This list is taken from an official order published in the Texas papers
Thus, we are focusing on the movements of the Texas batteries of Haldeman, Daniel and Edgar in relation to Walker’s Division proper.
EDGAR'S BATTERY: A PROFILE OF A REBEL UNIT By D. Michael Cobb, Jr
http://www.texas-brigade.org/history/edgars_battery.htm
…The battery was again shifted to another command in the fall of 1862. Brigadier General Henry McCulloch had received orders to organize a division under the Trans-Mississippi Department to serve in Texas and Louisiana. The division was formed at Camp Nelson,(21) with four brigades, each with its own battery of light artillery. Edgar's Battery had arrived in camp by September and was placed in the Third Brigade. The brigade commander was General McCulloch, who was relieved by Major General John G. Walker as the division commander in late 1862. In November, the division left Camp Nelson and began a difficult march into the area of Little Rock (22)
Following several marches and countermarches in the Little Rock region, orders were given to move toward the Arkansas Post. At the post, winter camp was established on the west bank of the Arkansas River. The division was forced to endure the cruel "winter in its most savage mood," at this camp, fittingly called "Camp Freeze Out."(23) The division abandoned this camp early in 1863, and moved back into the area of Pine Bluff. At these camps Edgar's Battery enjoyed ample provisions and improved health, things that had been lacking at "Camp Freeze Out."(24) From January to May, the division carried out several expeditions throughout southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana, ultimately settling camp near Alexandria. Late in May, the division returned to the vicinity of Monroe by steam transport, with orders to march to Vicksburg.(25) The Third Brigade was ordered to begin marching toward Judge Perkin's Plantation, where federal troops were reported to be camped. The brigade's presence surprised the federal troops, and they hastily abandoned the camp, leaving provisions and clothing behind. The Union force fell back into a line of battle supported by gun-boats on the Mississippi River. General McCulloch ordered Captain Edgar's Battery forward into an open field in range of the gun-boats. However, before the battery could get into position, they were fired upon. The battery quickly returned fire, and a duel ensued that lasted for over an hour. The federal cannon fire was inaccurate and ineffective. Whereas, Edgar's Battery directed convincingly accurate and damaging fire against the federal gun-boats and transports. The federal troops retreated to the transports and withdrew from the area. In this, the battery's first important engagement, it experienced tremendous success. General McCulloch was very pleased and commended the battery as behaving "gallantly" during the battle.(26)
CSR’s from Fold3
EDGAR’S BTRY
Sept/Oct 1862 muster roll at Camp Nelson, Ark
Nov/Dec muster roll at camp near Little Rock
11/23/62 Co left Camp Nelson, marched 7 miles and camped near Bayou Meter
DANIEL’S BTRY
Sept/Oct 1862 muster roll at Camp Nelson, Ark
10/23/62 Camp Nelson, Ark, Hqs Lamar Arty-Capt Daniel of Lamar Artillery of 1st Brigade, Trans Ms Div to AAAG regarding bounty-endorsed and forwarded by O Young Colonel commanding brigade-endorsed and forwarded by Gen McCulloch commanding Div
11/3/62 [or 11/2/62] Camp Nelson, Ark, Hqs Lamar Arty-Capt Daniel of Lamar Artillery of 1st Tex Brigade, Trans Ms Dept to AAAG regarding bounty-endorsed and forwarded by O Young Colonel commanding brigade-endorsed and forwarded by Gen McCulloch commanding Div
11/21/62 Co marched from Camp Nelson to Camp Bayou Metre
12/12 Co marched from Camp Bayou Metre to Little Rock
1/1/63 Co marched from Little Rock to Pine Bluff about Jan 1, 1863-remained there a few days then took up march to Ark Post
1/25/63 Returned to Pine Bluff on news of surrender at Ark Post
Capt Daniel commanding Lamar Artillery certifies that the last pay he received was from Capt Jones, AQM 1st Tex Brigade, Walker’s Div, Trams Ms Dept and to the 31st of Jan, 1863
4/24/63 on march from Pine Bluff to Alexandria, La
HALDEMAN’S BTRY
10/1/62 Camp near Austin, Ark-Invoice of QM stores-signed by Capt Haldeman light arty
11/8/62 Camp Nelson, Ark-Capt Haldeman submits quarterly commissary statement
11/10/62 Camp Nelson-Haldeman, Capt light artillery, submits his monthly statement of funds received and expended
1/12/63 Camp on Arkansas River- Capt Haldeman submits an account current for 4th Qtr 1862
1/17/63 Pine Bluff, Ark- Capt Haldeman submits return of commissary property
Other Sources
EDGAR’S BATTERY
The campaigns of Walker's Texas Division by Blessington, Joseph Palmer
May 31, 1863 engagement at Perkins’ Landing on the Miss River including Gen McCulloch’s 3rd Brigade and Edgar’s Battery
DANIEL’S BATTERY
Excerpts from the book
FORTY SEVEN YEARS
By Skipper Steely
http://powdtx.tripod.com/id33.html
Cannot reproduce but refers to Daniel’s Battery still in the 2nd brigade in January and again in April, 1863
"Daniel's Battery: The 9th Texas Field Battery" by John D. Perkins
Comments from the Review:
http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/perkins.htm
Daniel's Battery left Texas in the spring of 1862, marching to Camp Nelson, Arkansas, where it became part of the famous Walker's Texas Division. After service in Arkansas, the Ninth Texas Field Battery [aka Daniel’s] was part of the expedition which in June of 1863 failed to relieve Vicksburg. Later that year the battery saw action at the Battle of Bayou Bourbeau, and it shelled Union gunboats on the Mississippi.
Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A.: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi
By Richard Lowe
Jan 63-Camp Freeze out-the artillery batteries attached to Walker’s Division had a particularly hard time slogging through the mud. “The roads in some places seem to have no bottom, a lieutenant in Daniel’s battery wrote
HALDEMAN’S BTRY
Series I Volume XXVI-II Serial 42 - Port Hudson Part II
Organization of troops in the Districts of Western Louisiana and of the Indian Territory, about November 10, 1863.
DISTRICT OF WESTERN LOUISIANA.
Major General RICHARD TAYLOR.
Randall's Brigade.
Clark's (Texas) infantry.
Randal's (Texas) cavalry.
Roberts' (Texas) infantry.
Haldeman's (Texas) battery.