Helena Artillery

The Helena Artillery (Confederate)
Arkansas state flag
Active	1861 to 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	CSA
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Kentucky Campaign Battle of Perryville, Battle of Murfreesboro, Tullahoma Campaign, Battle of Liberty Gap, Chickamauga Campaign, Battle of Chickamauga, Chattanooga Campaign, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Pickett's Mill, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of Jonesboro Siege of Atlanta, Franklin–Nashville Campaign Battle of Nashville,
Commanders
1861-1862	Captain A. W. Clarkson
1862	Captain John H. Calvert
1862-1865	Captain Thomas J. Key

American Civil War

Kentucky Campaign

Tullahoma Campaign,

Chickamauga Campaign,

Chattanooga Campaign,

Atlanta Campaign,

Franklin–Nashville Campaign

The Helena Artillery (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. The unit was known by several other designations during the war including; Clarkson's Battery, Company A, Shoup's Artillery Battalion, Calvert's Battery and Key's Battery. The unit was occasionally assigned to artillery battalions from other states, so the Arkansas unit was at various times designated as Company C, 20th Alabama Light Artillery Battalion and later as Company H, 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion. The Compiled Service Records of the members of the battery are filed under Key’s Battery, on NARA microfilm roll #39.

The Helena Artillery was organized at Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, on April 27, 1861. The battery was enrolled in State service for three months on April 29, 1861. Captain A. W. Clarkson was the first commander of the battery, which was initially composed primarily of Phillips County men. Many of the enlistments in the battery appear to have been from the Irish immigrants who worked in the dockyard at Helena. Approximately 50 of the names of the battery appear to be of Irish nationality. On July 6, 1861, the battery was mustered into Confederate service for twelve months (later extended for the duration of the war) at Memphis, Tennessee. A number of men declined to enter Confederate service, and were discharged on July 23, 1861, at Pitman’s Ferry, Arkansas. The Helena Artillery was closely associated with Colonel Patrick R. Cleburne’s 1st Regiment, Arkansas State Troops (later redesignated 15th Arkansas Infantry), and a number of transfers took place between the two units. Later, the Helena Artillery was augmented by transfers from various Alabama, Missouri and Tennessee regiments, and by conscripts recruited in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.

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