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1st Missouri Field Battery

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 4, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  14:35, 7 December 2021 (UTC)



The 1st Missouri Field Battery was a field artillery battery that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The battery was formed by Captain Westley F. Roberts in Arkansas in September 1862 and was armed with two 12-pounder James rifles and two 6-pounder smoothbore guns. The unit fought in numerous actions in the Trans-Mississippi Theater in 1862–1864. In December 1863, it received new cannons: two 10-pounder Parrott rifles and two 12-pounder howitzers. On April 30 1864, while part of a Confederate force pursuing a retreating Union army, several of the battery's cannons were captured at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. The battery was then rearmed with four 6-pounder smoothbores. In November 1864, the unit was designated the 1st Missouri Field Battery. It was paroled on June 7, 1865, at Alexandria, Louisiana, after General Edmund Kirby Smith signed surrender terms for the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department on June 2.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I believe 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) back in April was the most recent unit from this war to be TFA
 * Main editors: Myself
 * Promoted: January 15, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: No real connection to a specific date, and not a super significant subject, it's not a big deal if this doesn't run. Hog Farm Talk 21:01, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. Hog Farm Talk 20:58, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. This is most certainly not a battery, but whatever, I guess. Panini! 🥪 12:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)