Vicksburg Light Artillery,
aka Tull’s Battery
(from Dunbar Rowland’s "Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898"; company listing courtesy of H. Grady Howell’s "For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand’)
Captains -- Francis S. Tull, Isaac N. Edwards. First Lieutenant -- William R. Spears. Second Lieutenant -- John W. Bell. Third Lieutenant -- John D. Rine.
Enrolled, 64; Adjutant-General's report, 90; Warren County roll.
The officers above named were commissioned of date February 9, 1861. April 8, the Secretary of War asked that the company be sent to Pensacola. April 20, the company having been reorganized at Pensacola, was received in the Confederate service. It was attached to the Ninth Regiment [which see], June 30, at Camp Magnolia.
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