The Military Annals of Tennessee Confederate. First Series: Embracing a
Review of Military Operations with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls.
Artillery.
Lynch's Battery
Soon after we broke up camp under orders to Corinth, Miss. Here W. E.
Butler, of West Tennessee, was assigned by Gen. Polk as Junior First
Lieutenant, John M. Carmack retiring on account of bad health. We were
ordered to Grenada, Miss., to get our equipments--guns, horses,
etc.--arriving there in February, 1863. In March following we were ordered
back to Corinth, and placed in charge of the siege-guns on the breastworks
to the right of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Here the company was
reorganized. Lynch was re?ppointed Captain; Shields, Senior First
Lieutenant; W. E. Butler, Junior First Lieutenant; and Lieut. Hill, of
Rucker's battery, was assigned as Senior Second Lieutenant.