8th Arkansas Field Battery

8th Arkansas Field Battery (Confederate)
8th Arkansas Field Battery (Confederate)
Active	1862–1865
Disbanded	May 26, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	CSA
Branch	Artillery
Nickname(s)	Hughey's Battery
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Fayetteville; Battle of Devil's Backbone; Camden Expedition Battle of Prairie D'Ane; Battle of Poison Spring; Battle of Marks' Mills; ; Battle at Ditch Bayou; Price's Missouri Raid Battle of Fort Davidson; Fourth Battle of Boonville; Second Battle of Lexington; Battle of Little Blue River; Second Battle of Independence; Battle of Byram's Ford; Battle of Westport; Battle of Marais des Cygnes; Battle of Mine Creek; Battle of Marmiton River; Second Battle of Newtonia; ;
Commanders
1862-1865	Captain William M. Hughey

The 8th Arkansas Field Battery (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. The battery spent its entire existence in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi. It was also known as Hughey's Battery.