197th Fires Brigade (United States) - Lineage - ANNEX 1

ANNEX 1

Organized 1 March 1877 in the New Hampshire Volunteer Militia at Concord as Company E (Pillsbury Light Guard), 2d Regiment Redesignated 18 April 1878 as Company E (Pillsbury Light Guard), 3d Regiment (New Hampshire Volunteer Militia redesignated 1 April 1879 as the New Hampshire National Guard) Disbanded 3 April 1885 at Concord Reorganized 14 April 1891 in the New Hampshire National Guard at Concord as Company E, 3d Regiment Mustered into Federal service 9 May 1898 at Concord as Company E, 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 31 October 1898 at Concord and reorganized as Company E, 3d Regiment Redesignated 23 January 1900 as Company E, 2d Regiment Redesignated 15 April 1909 as Company E, 1st Infantry Mustered into Federal service 20 June 1916 at Concord; mustered out of Federal service 20 February 1917 at Concord Mustered into Federal service 25 July 1917 at Concord; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917 Reorganized and redesignated 11 February 1918 as Company E, First Army Headquarters Regiment Demobilized 26 January 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reorganized and Federally recognized 22 December 1921 in the New Hampshire National Guard at Concord as Battery D, 197th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) Redesignated 12 February 1923 as Battery A, 197th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) Redesignated 23 April 1924 as Battery A, 197th Coast Artillery Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Concord Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1943 as Battery A, 744th Coast Artillery Battalion Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1944 as Battery A, 744th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion Inactivated 29 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California Reorganized and Federally recognized 3 December 1947 at Concord Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery A, 744th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion