The 2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion, Companies "A"-"F," was formed at Mobile in January 1862, with five companies later reduced to three. It was attached to the Department of the Gulf, and after January, 1864, the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The unit was stationed near Mobile early in the war, and participated in the conflicts at Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, and Fort Blakely. It then fought with the Army of Tennessee in the Kentucky and Georgia Campaigns. Companies E and F returned to the Mobile area late in the war and surrendered with 64 officers and men on 4 May 1865. Company A - McRae Artillery Company B - Waters' Artillery Battery Company C Company D - Sengstak's Artillery Battery Company E - Gage's Artillery Battery Company F - Lumsden's Battery