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Battery A, 1st U.S. Artillery was created as a company of the newly-formed 1st Regiment of Artillery in the Regular Army of the United States on May 17, 1821.

Unit History
Battery A, 1st Regiment of United States Artillery (then known as Company A) was created as part of the newly-formed 1st Regiment of Artillery of the Regular Army of the United States on May 17, 1821. The battery was formed of the pre-existing Company A of the Regiment of Light Artillery (disbanded), formed in 1812 and active during the War of 1812. Its first commander in the 1st Regiment of Artillery was Captain Andrew McDowell, previously of the Light Artillery.

Company A was informally designated as a light battery, though this distinction had no practical purpose at the time.

Commanders

 * Captain Andrew McDowell
 * Captain Rufus Lathrop Baker
 * Captain William Jenkins Worth
 * Brevet Captain Giles Porter
 * Captain Israel Vogdes
 * Captain William Silvey
 * Captain Joseph Prentiss Sanger