Talk:Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery

Fort Tongass deployment, 1867-70
Among other sources I could point to, please see re the 2nd Artillery being deployed to Fort Tongass, which was the 1st US base in Alaska (Fort Wrangel = Fort Stikine  was the 2nd, I think they were also deployed there)  But maybe it wasn't Battery A, maybe it was - ?? - Battery B? C?Skookum1 (talk) 03:35, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * And the answer is....Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery; earlier today I found a fairly detailed site on their Alaskan deployment, I'll come back with it for reference purposes by someone more experienced with writing US Army history articles....Skookum1 (talk) 02:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Battery A spent its West Coast tour at the Presidio. The 2nd Regiment companies which made it to Alaska were C, E, F, G, H & I. Radar488 (talk) 01:33, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Spelling of Appomattox?
This article currently contains an extended quote, which includes the following sentence: "The battery was engaged at Dinwiddie C. H., March 31, Farmville, April 7, and Appomatox, April 9." - Can someone more familiar with the gathering of sources for this article verify if the spelling of Appomattox with only one "t" reflects its spelling in the original quote? Thanks KConWiki (talk) 01:11, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Article header
The article header explaining the distinction between "company" and "battery" is interesting and mostly correct. It is not really accurate to say that the formal name was company as much as it is to explain the colloquial distinction in type. In the pre-Civil War artillery service, the principal distinction between a company and battery of artillery was whether or not it was mounted for field service. Peacetime garrisons manned permanent fortifications and heavy artillery pieces, and were typically referred to as "companies"; even in wartime, unless mounted for field artillery service, they tended to serve as infantry units in the field. Those companies which were "mounted", which is to say armed and trained to serve as regular field artillery units, were referred to as "Light Batteries." During the Civil War, the majority of the Regular Army companies were mounted for field artillery service, and almost uniformly referred to as "Battery __". The regiments at various times had one or two of these light batteries (and briefly, dedicated siege batteries) and this continued after the Civil War until 1901 when the distinction was abolished by the institution of a dedicated Field Artillery branch: the field artillery units were referred to as "batteries", and the coast artillery units were "companies." Radar488 (talk) 01:54, 4 March 2024 (UTC)