Military unit
The 6th Louisiana Field Battery was an artillery unit recruited from volunteers in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . The Grosse Tete Artillery organized in December 1863 using men detached from the 1st Louisiana Regular Battery and exchanged prisoners from the Pointe Coupee Artillery . In April and May 1864, the battery served during the Red River campaign and fought at Mansfield , Pleasant Hill , Blair's Landing , and Monett's Ferry . In May 1864, the unit helped capture the Union river transport City Belle at Wilson's Landing, helped destroy the USS Covington and USS Signal , and fought at Mansura and Yellow Bayou . The battery surrendered on 1 June 1865 while at Alexandria, Louisiana .
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Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 . Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9 .
Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary . New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8 .
Dimitry, John; Harrell, John M. (1899). Confederate Military History: Louisiana and Arkansas . Vol. 10. Atlanta, Ga.: Blue & Gray Press.
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