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The 5th Arkansas Field Battery (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. The unit was originally referred to as the 'Appeal Artillery or the Memphis Appeal Battery.〔"Organization of the Artillery in 1864." Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 15 June 2012, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/artillry.html〕 Battlefield markers at the National Vicksburg Military Park describe the unit as Appeal (Arkansas) Battery.〔Appeal () Battery, National Park Service, Vicksburg National Military Park, Accessed 4 February 2013, http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/appeal-arkansas-battery.htm〕 The unit served east of the Mississippi River until it surrendered at the end of the Vicksburg Campaign. After being exchanged, the battery re-organized and served the remainder of the war in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi. ==Organization== The Appeal Artillery was organized at Memphis, Tennessee, on March 7, 1862, under the command of Captain William C. Bryan. Many of the original members came from Ouachita County, Arkansas, but apparently ten members, half the employees, of the staff of the ''Appeal'' newspaper (the ''Commercial Appeal'' today), joined the battery.〔"Cannons for Confederate Park, Memphis" Steen Cannons, Accessed 3 Febryar 2013, http://steencannons.com/confederate-park-memphis-tn-getting-new-cannons/〕 The unit was outfitted by the proprietors of the ''Memphis Appeal'', who had strong connections to Camden in Ouachita County. It is unclear if this outfitting of the battery included the guns themselves. General M. Jeff. Thompson's order-book indicates that the battery's first guns were obtained from a disbanded Missouri State Guard unit.〔McGhee, Jim, "Re: Companies Raised in Ouachita County" Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 10/15/2004, Accessed 3 February 2013, 〕 Other sources indicated that the unit was issued four cannons in Memphis: two Iron Ordnance rifles and two bronze field howitzers. These may have come from the Quinby & Robinson Company of Memphis, Tennessee.〔"Cannons for Confederate Park, Memphis" Steen Cannons, Accessed 3 Febryar 2013, http://steencannons.com/confederate-park-memphis-tn-getting-new-cannons/〕 On May 6, Captain Bryan and his Appeal Battery were ready. That night, amid tremendous enthusiasm of Memphis citizens, the battery departed from the old Memphis & Charleston Railway depot for Corinth, Mississippi, where the Confederate Army was re-organizing following its defeat at Shiloh the month before. A silken flag was presented to the departing battery by a hoop-skirted young woman whom ''The Appeal''s reporter described as, "the lady of Dr. Keller." She made the presentation speech in the flowery language of her time.〔''Commercial Appeal'', January 1, 1940, Accessed 3 February 2013, http://www2.dixie-net.com/nemma/appeal.htm〕 Captain Bryan accepted the silken flag. His speech of acceptance has been lost to history, but ''The Memphis Appeal''s reporter assures readers that "he responded in spirited and appropriate terms, and his men received the flag with three hearty cheers for the amiable donor." Several of the men, so the story added, "made earnest appeals to Captain Bryan that to them might be committed the honor of carrying the flag in the fight."〔 The battery officers included: Captain W. C. Bryan; Lieutenant (later Captain) William N. Hogg; Lieutenant (later Captain) Christopher C. Scott; Second Lieutenant Robert S. Walker. Under Captain Hogg’s command: Lieutenant Christopher C. Scott; Second Lieutenant Robert S. Walker; Second Lieutenant R. N. Cotton. Under Captain Scott’s command: Lieutenant R. N. Cotton; Lieutenant E. W. Lightfoot.〔Sikakis, Stewart, ''Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas'', Facts on File, Inc., 1992, ISBN 0-8160-2288-7, page 34.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「5th Arkansas Field Battery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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