Wax ka sii qor faqradan - Wade's Battery (oo markii dambe loo bixiyay Walsh's Battery, oo sidoo kale loo yaqaanay 1st Light Battery) waxay ahayd saldhig gaashaaman oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Mareykanka intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Mareykanka. Batariga waxaa loo geeyay adeegga Confederate bishii Diseembar 28, 1861; xubno badan oo ka tirsan batteriga ayaa horey ugu soo shaqeeyay Ilaalada Gobolka Missouri. Waxaa loo qoondeeyay Guutada Koowaad ee Missouri, batteriga wuxuu ku arkay dagaalkii Pea Ridge iyo Dagaalkii Labaad ee Korintos 1862. Sanadkii 1863, baytariga wuxuu ku dagaalamay dagaalkii Grand Gulf
Halkaasna waxaa lagu dilay Kabtan William Wade, oo ahaa Taliyihii ugu horeeyay ee Batariga. Batariga ayaa markii dambe ku lug lahaa Dagaalkii Champion Hill, Dagaalkii Big Black River Bridge, iyo Siege of Vicksburg. Markii ay ciidamada Confederate-ka is dhiibeen dhamaadkii weerarkii Vicksburg, raggii ka tirsanaa guutada waxay noqdeen maxaabiis dagaal. Kadib markii maxaabiis la is dhaafsaday, ragga batteriga waxaa lagu daray Landis's Battery iyo Guibor's Battery Oktoobar 3, 1863, iyo Wade's Battery waxay joojiyeen inay u jiraan cutub gaar ah.