Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
1861
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July 24 | Organized in Amherst County under the command of Captain Thomas J. Kirkpatrick. (A different battery known as the Amherst-Nelson Battery was organized in September of 1861 under Captain Woodville Latham.) |
November | Assigned to Reserve Artillery of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. |
1862
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May 15 | The battery reorganized. |
April-May |
Siege of Yorktown |
June | Assigned to Nelson’s Battalion, Artillery, Jackson’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia |
June 25 – July 1 |
Seven Days battles |
September 16 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The battery was posted on the south side of the Potomac ford near Shepherdstown. It was not engaged in the battle. It was equipped with two 12-pounder Napoleons and two 3 inch Ordnance rifles. |
September 20 |
Shepherdstown Ford |
October 4 | Some men were transferred in from the disbanded Hanover and Middlesex Batteries. |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863
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May 1-4 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June | Assigned to Nelson’s Battalion, Reserve Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
July 1-4 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded by Captain Thomas J. Kirkpatrick.. From the War Department marker on the Gettysburg battlefield: Army of Northern Virginia July 1. The Battery arrived too late on the field to participate in the engagement of the day. July 2. Took position on Seminary Ridge 1/4 mile north of Chambersburg Pike. About 11 A.M. moved to the rear of Pennsylvania College and remained until night when the Battery returned to the position of the morning. July 3. Ordered to the extreme left of the Confederate line. At midnight moved with Johnson’s Division to Seminary Ridge. July 4. Took position on the ridge west of town and at midnight took up the line of march to Hagerstown. No report of casualties or ammunition expended. |
October |
Bristoe Campaign |
November-December |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864
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May 5-6 |
Battle of The Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
May 23-26 |
North Anna |
June 1-3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June | Lynchburg Campaign. Assigned to Nelson’s Battalion, Artillery, Second Corps, Army of the Valley, |
July 9 |
Battle of Monocacy |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
1865
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March 2, 1865 |
Battle of WaynesboroMost of the men and all of the guns of the battery were captured. |