Darden's Mississippi Battery

Darden's Mississippi Battery, armed with 4 Napoleons and part of Williams' Artillery Battalion, served under Captain Putman Darden with 1st Lieutenant H. W. Bullen, 1st Lieutenant F. W. Coleman, and 2d Lieutenant C. B. Richardson during the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. The battery crossed the Chickamauga with the battalion at Alexander's Bridge on the morning of the 19th, was held as the reserve artillery of Buckner's Corps, and took position in rear of his line, where it remained most of the day, at times under heavy artillery fire but not engaged. Near noon on the 20th, it moved forward, taking several positions without firing until about 5 P.M., when, by order of General Longstreet and under the direction of Major Porter, Buckner's Chief of Artillery, it was placed on this ground and opened fire on enemy forces crossing the road from left to right near the Kelly house, continuing until General Stewart's Division advanced beyond its front. As the division advanced, General Buckner conducted the battery to the Kelly field, where, after firing ceased, it bivouacked. Its casualties in the battle were 1 enlisted man killed and 2 wounded, with 8 horses killed and 2 wounded.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States