Confederate Regiments & BatteriesGeorgia


1862
May 22 Company D of the Sumter (Georgia) Flying Artillery was organized as part of the 11th Georgia Artillery Battalion under the command of Captain James A. Blackshear. Assigned to Cutt’s Battalion, Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia.
June 25-July 1
Seven Days Battles
September 17
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)

The battery was equipped with six guns, of which at least one was a 10-pounder Parrott Rifle. The battery lost one man killed and seven wounded.

October 4 The battery was disbanded and its men and equipment distributed to other batteries.