| Unit Name: | 1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery |
| Dates: | June 4, 1864–August 10, 1865 |
| Country: | United States |
| Allegiance: | Union |
| Branch: | Artillery |
| Size: | battery |
| Battles: | American Civil War
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| Disbanded: | August 10, 1865 |
The 1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.
The 1st Arkansas Colored Light Artillery Battery was organized at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on June 4, 1864. Then unit was re-designated as Battery "H", 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery on December 13, 1864. Mustered out on August 10, 1865.[1] [2]
The battery was assigned to garrison duty at Pine Bluff, Ark. 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, till December, 1864. The battery saw action at Prior Creek on September 18, 1864. The battery was involved in the Expedition to Mount Elba, Ark., and the skirmish at Saline River, January 22-February 4, 1865.
Mustered out on August 10, 1865.[3] [4]