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=== Brief History  ===
=== Brief History  ===


2nd Artillery Battalion was formed at Mobile, Alabama, in Janaury, 1862, with five companies; later reduced to three. With 64 officers and men it surrendered on May 4, 1865.&nbsp;<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>  
2nd Artillery Battalion was formed at Mobile, Alabama, in Janaury, 1862, with five companies; later reduced to three. With 64 officers and men it surrendered on May 4, 1865. <ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>  


=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
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*Company B (aka Waters' Artillery Battery) - men and officers from [[Mobile County, Alabama#Military|Mobile County]].<br>  
*Company B (aka Waters' Artillery Battery) - men and officers from [[Mobile County, Alabama#Military|Mobile County]].<br>  
*Company C  
*Company C  
*Company D (aka Sengstak's Artillery Battery) - this company was organized at Mobile in Dec 1861.&nbsp; Possibly men from the company were from [[Mobile County, Alabama#Military|Mobile County]].<br>  
*Company D (aka Sengstak's Artillery Battery) - this company was organized at Mobile in Dec 1861. Possibly men from the company were from [[Mobile County, Alabama#Military|Mobile County]].<br>  
*Company E (aka Gage's Artillery Battery) - this company was organized at Mobile the 10th Oct 1861.&nbsp; Possibly men from this company were from [[Mobile County, Alabama#Military|Mobile County]].<br>  
*Company E (aka Gage's Artillery Battery) - this company was organized at Mobile the 10th Oct 1861. Possibly men from this company were from [[Mobile County, Alabama#Military|Mobile County]].<br>  
*Company F(aka Lumsden's Artillery Battery) - men from [[Fayette County, Alabama#Military|Fayette County]], [[Pickens County, Alabama#Military|Pickens County]], and [[Tuscaloosa County, Alabama#Military|Tuscaloosa County]].<br>
*Company F(aka Lumsden's Artillery Battery) - men from [[Fayette County, Alabama#Military|Fayette County]], [[Pickens County, Alabama#Military|Pickens County]], and [[Tuscaloosa County, Alabama#Military|Tuscaloosa County]].<br>


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Sources for the companies and counties can be found on the [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~alcwroot/artillery_files/2nd_ala_lt_art_bn.htm rootsweb.com] web site.  
Sources for the companies and counties can be found on the [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~alcwroot/artillery_files/2nd_ala_lt_art_bn.htm rootsweb.com] web site.  


The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] lists 1,990 men on its roster for this unit.&nbsp; [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=CAL0002BAL Roster].<br>  
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] lists 1,990 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=CAL0002BAL Roster].<br>  


=== Other Sources  ===
=== Other Sources  ===