Huggins' Company, Tennessee Light Artillery

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Brief History
"Also called Baxter's (1st Organization); Freeman's Battery; Company "B", Monsarrat's Tennessee Light Artillery Battalion - This company was originally part of Captain George H. Monsarrat's Battery, "The Harding Artillery", which was enrolled at Camp Harris, Nashville, May 15, 1861. On November 20, 1861 it was reported as Company "B", Monsarrat's Battalion at Camp Lookout, near Chattanooga.  On December 9, 1861, Brigadier General W.H. Carroll, at Knoxville, in reporting on the forces in East Tennessee, listed Captain Monsarrat's Company near Knoxville, with E. Baxter as Senior 1st Lieutenant, and Freeman as 2nd Lieutenant.  Captain Monsarrat was reported as Post Commandant at Knoxville, on December 27, 1861, and the battery, at about this time, was divided into two parts, one of which was Captain H. Baker's Battery, the other this battery under Captain Ed Baxter, although it continued to be referred to as Monsarrat's Battery until April, 1862.

"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

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