Monsarrat's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery

Historical Notes:
This was a purely temporary organization, lasting only about three months in the fall of 1861. Captain George H. Monsarrat was appointed to the command of the Harding Artillery which was organized at Nashville in May, 1861. He apparently attempted to expand this into a battalion, for this battery was later divided into two companies, one of which under Captain H. Baker was later mustered as Company "A", Monsarrat's Battalion; the other under Lieutenant (later Captain) Ed Baxter, was mustered as Company "B", Monsarrat's Battalion. This company was better known in later days as Freeman's, and finally as Huggin's Battery. The Maury Artillery, Captain Robert P. Griffith, later Sparkman's Battery, was mustered as Company "C" of Monsarrat's Battalion. Officers:
Captain George H. Monsarrat Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 3 men.

We do not have rosters of this unit. Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Tennessee. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.