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T HE S UMTER A RTILLERY
The Story of the 11th Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery During the War Between the States
James L. Speicher
When Georgia joined the Confederacy on January 19, 1861, a prominent planter from Sumter County named Allen Cutts organized an artillery battery for service in the Confederate Army. An organizational meeting took place in Prices Warehouse in Americus, Sumter Countys seat, located 50 miles southeast of Columbus and 118 miles south of Atlanta. When the original roll was called, the battery contained 150 names and included three ordained preachers and four surgeons.
The Sumter Flying Artillery left Americus en route to Richmond, Virginia on July 6, 1861, and was officially mustered into Confederate service nine days later. Even though the battery was without artillery pieces, it was ordered to report to Manassas on the day of its muster. The Georgians arrived at Manassas on July 22, too late to participate in the victory of the previous day. Curiosity led many of the men to visit the battlefield, where they saw the dead being removed or buried where they had fallen. It was a sobering sight for the new soldiers.
In early August, the battery received its first allotment of guns, six 6-pound howitzers which had been captured from the Federals at First Manassas. By the end of the month, the unit received two additional guns, a seventh 6-pound howitzer and a 12-pound howitzer. Captain Cutts boasted, Our battery is composed of guns captured from the enemy at the Battle of Manassas Plains on the 21 July 1861. It is an honor to have them & a privilege to use them against their former owners which I am satisfied this command will do successfully should an opportunity afford itself.
The artillerymen did not get an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in the field until the 20th of December, 1861, when the Sumter Flying Artillery took part in a foraging expedition under the command of Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. Captain Cutts took half of the battery as the artillery support for the four infantry regiments and the large train of wagons which accompanied Stuart.
