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 === Brief History&nbsp;  ===
-The organization of Brown's Horse Artillery started on 23rd September 1862 at Lexington,&nbsp;Kentucky, but was interrupted when the town was evacuated.&nbsp; "With condemned horses, patched-up stage-harness, and barely men enough to drive the guns, a battery-wagon and caisson were brought through safely to Knoxville, Tenn.
+"Formerly Captain H. Baker's Company - This battery was formed by the division of Captain George H. Monsarrat's Battery, "The Harding Artillery, into two companies, the exact date not known.&nbsp; The Harding Artillery was organized at Nashville in 1861, soon moved to Mill Springs, Kentucky, where it was divided into two batteries.&nbsp; One of these was Captain H. Baker's Company, known as Company 11, Tennessee Artillery Corps, and also as Company "A", Monsarrat's Tennessee Light Artillery Battalion. <ref>Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csaart/browne.html Captain W.R. Browne's Tennessee Light Artillery Company], (accessed 31 Dec 2011).</ref>
-"The battery was divided on May 7, 1863; fist section going with&nbsp;Gen. Pegram to Monticello, Ky.; second section to Kingston, Tenn.&nbsp; The battery returned, and was reunited at Knoxville, Tenn., June 30, 1863." <ref> Lindsley, John B. The Military Annals of Tennessee: Confederate, First Series; Embracing a Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls, Compiled from Original and Official Sources. 1886. Reprint. (Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Co., 1974), p. 869.[http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924032778700, ], (accessed 15 Nov 2011).</ref>
 <br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>