Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
1861
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April | Created in Richmond under the command of Captain Lawrence S. Marye. |
May 11 | Mustered into one year’s state service. |
August | Assigned to S.R. Anderson’s Brigade, Army of the Northwest |
December | Assigned to Gilham’s Brigade, Army of the Northwest |
1862
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January | Assigned to Artillery, Army of the Northwest |
January-May | Assigned to Burks’s-Campbell’s Brigade, Army of the Valley District |
March 23 |
Battle of Kernstown |
April 21 | The battery reorganized. Lieutenant William H. Caskie was elected captain and took command of the battery. |
May-June |
Shenandoah Valley CampaignAssigned to Artillery, Jacksons Division, Army of the Valley District |
June-July | Assigned to Cunningham’s-J.R. Jones’s Brigade, Jackson’s Division, Jackson’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia |
August-February | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Jackson’s Division, Jackson’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia. Equipped with three 6 pounder howitzers and one 10 pounder Parrott rifle. |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) |
September 15 |
Siege of Harpers Ferry |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The 6 pounders were not at the battle. |
October 4 | The men of the disbanded Richmond Thomas Battery merged into the Hampden Battery. |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863
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April-May |
Suffolk CampaignAssigned to Artillery Battalion, Pickett’s Division, Department of Southern Virginia |
May | Captain Dearing was promoted to major and made Chief of Artillery for Pickett’s Division. William H. Caskie was promoted to captain and took command of the battery. Assigned to Dearing’s Artillery Battalion, Pickett’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
June | Assigned to the 38th Virginia Light Artillery Battalion as Company C. The four batteries in the battalion would continue to operate independently and be known by their older designations. The battery was equipped with one 10-pounder Parrott, one 3″ Ordnance Rifle and two Napoleons. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgFrom the battery’s marker at Gettysburg: Dearing’s Battalion Caskie’s Battery July 3. Advanced to the front about daylight. Later in the morning took position on the ridge west of the Emmitsburg Road and near the Rogers House remaining for hours unengaged. When the signal guns were fired about 1 P. M. moved forward to the crest of the hill and took an active part in the cannonade. Ammunition was exhausted while Longstreet’s column was advancing the last round being fired at the Union infantry which assailed his right flank. Efforts to procure a fresh supply of ammunition proving unsuccessful the Battery was withdrawn. July 4. In line of battle all day with the left wing of McLaws’ Division. Marched at sunset to Black Horse Tavern. |
September-December | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Pickett’s Division, Department of North Carolina |
December | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Department of North Carolina |
1864
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April 17-20 |
Plymouth Expedition |
May | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Whiting’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
May-June | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Hoke’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
May 17-June 14 | Bermuda Hundred |
June 1-3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June |
Siege of PetersburgAssigned to Read’s Artillery Battalion, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
October | Assigned to Read’s-Stribling’s Artillery Battalion, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
1865
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April 9 |
Appomattox Court House |