Confederate Regiments & Batteries * North Carolina
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1862
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| March 1 | Organized in Edgecombe County and mustered in under the command of Captain Whitmel Pugh Lloyd. Equipped with two 6-pounder Smoothbores and two 12-pounder Howitzers. Assigned to the Department of Henrico. |
| May-August | Assigned to the Department of North Carolina. |
| August-September | Moved to Virginia and assigned to Artillery Battalion, D. H. Hill’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia. |
| September-October | Assigned to Cutt’s Battalion, Artillery Reserve, Jackson’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia. “Although it started with the wagon-train from Richmond, it did not overtake the command for a week after the train had arrived, and was then in so unserviceable a condition as to be left at Leesburg.” – General Ransom’s report. |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The battery was not engaged or under fire but still lost one of its 6-pounders and two caissons. General Ransom considered it “an incumbrance” and recommended that it be disbanded. |
| October 4 | The battery was disbanded and the men were assigned to Companies A & D of the 1st North Carolina Artillery. |