Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery

Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery
Active1861–1864
DisbandedNovember 19, 1864
CountryConfederate States of America
AllegianceCSA
BranchArtillery
SizeBattery
Nickname(s)McCown Guards
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
1861Captain Datus Whitaker (Whit) Harris
1861-1864Captain Paul Thomas Dismukes

Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (1861-1864) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. While the unit was assigned to a Tennessee Artillery Regiment, it was originally organized as the McCown Guards or the McCown Guards Artillery, a volunteer company organized in Lafayette County, Arkansas. Also known as: Company A, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery and/or Dismukes' Battery.

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