The 1st Arkansas Field Battery (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. It was also known as the John D. Adams Artillery, Adams Artillery, Gaines' Battery or McNally's Battery. The battery made the crossing of the Mississippi River in April 1862 with Major General Earl Van Dorn's Army of the West. After being surrendered at the conclusion of the Vicksburg Campaign, the battery was reorganized in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi and served there for the remainder of the war.
