Storr's Tennessee Artillery Battalion, CSA

French's Division

This battalion was active in the Atlanta campaign and fought at Kennesaw Mountain and in several battles around Atlanta. Captain Ward was mortally wounded by a shell in July 1864, and 1st Lt. George W. Weaver assumed command. On 3 August 1864 Major Storr asked Brigadier General F. A. Shoupe to have a board examine the qualification of Lt. Weaver, stating the he believed Weaver to be unfit. The next day A.A.G William Palfrey issued a special order to Storr instructing him to form a board of officer qualifications. That same day Storr ordered Weaver to take command of Ward's Battery. On 8 August Weaver reported that he had no teams to move the battery's 12-pounder to East Point, Georgia. On 24 August General Johnston order Storr to open fire with 32-pounders on enemy guns firing on Atlanta. That same day Storr ordered Weaver to turn in  caissons and horses. On the 25th Weaver asked Storr for permission to turn over small arms to Lt. Richardson's battery. On 8 September 1864 the unit was stationed near Lovejoy Station, Georgia and Lt. Cruse submitted an ordnance report. On 10 September Storr informs his Battery commanders that a Battalion inspection will be conducted the following day. On 11 September Lt. Weaver sent a list of killed and missing of Ward's Battery from 17 May 1864 to 12 September 1864 along with locations. On 12 September Lt. Weaver was dropped from the rolls. Most of the battery was overrun and captured at the Battle of Selma on 2 April 1865. A few of the men escaped to fight again at Columbus, Georgia, in one of the war's last encounters.

Partial Roster

Ward's Battery (attached in April 1864 from the 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion)

John James Ward, a former mayor of Huntsville, began raising the only artillery battery from this area in the spring of 1862. However, the Union Army occupation from April to September 1862 halted Ward's recruiting. The battery was completed shortly after the Union retreat. The men came from both Huntsville and Athens and mustered on 10 October 1862. Ward's Battery was first sent to the defenses of Mobile and attached to the 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion at Fort Morgan. In April 1864, before the fall of Fort Morgan, the four-gun battery was ordered to the Army of Tennessee and attached to Major George S. Storr's Battalion of Artillery.

ACORD, Christopher Columbus (1837-1915) Private, Madison County, Alabama. Son of David Acord and Elizabeth Hartley. Enlisted in Huntsville, captured at Caswell (Caldwell?), GA, sent to Rockport Prison, IL. Released just prior to the surrender of the Confederacy. Burial: Maplewood Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama.
ACORD, William C. (c1837-??) Private, Madison County, Alabama. Son of David Acord and Elizabeth Hartley, husband of Mary A. Lewis.

Bibliography

• George S. Storrs papers, microfilm, Reese Library, Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia