History of Pratt's Battery
Joseph H. Pratt's 10th Texas Field Battery
(W.H. Parsons Brigade)
The 10th Texas Field Artillery Battery supported Colonel William Henry Parsons under the flag of the Parsons Brigade during the War between the States. Combined with the 12th Texas Calvary, the 19th Texas Calvary, the 21st Texas Calvary, and Morgan's Battery, Pratt's Battery fought galantly thoughout the South during the War.
During the Civil War Parsons's Brigade earned the reputation as one of the finest mounted units serving in the Trans-Mississippi Department. The brigade took part in almost fifty battles, although most were too small to rate a name, and the men were responsible for watching federal operations from Memphis to Vicksburg. For three years they provided outposts and scouts for the army headquartered first at Little Rock and later at Shreveport. The brigade rarely mustered in full at any single place; instead, the troops generally fought by detachments or regiments. Much of the brigade's well-deserved reputation resulted from the outstanding fighting record of the Twelfth Texas Cavalry Regiment and the leadership of Colonel Parsons.
The war ended for the men under Parsons on May 20, 1865, at the Central Texas settlement of Sterling, when Colonel Parsons informed his men that they could return home.
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