Loudoun (Virginia) Battery

Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Virginia

1859
December 13 Organized at Leesburg in Loudoun County.
1861
April 21 Enlisted for one year state service under the command of Captain Arthur Lee Rogers.
June 12 Mustered into Confederate service.
July Assigned to Evan’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac. Armed with four 6-pound Smoothbores.
June 12 Mustered into Confederate service.
July 21

1st Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)

The battery is referenced on a trailside marker on the Manassas battlefield:

“The ground occupied by our guns was an open space just at the eastern verge of the plateau. Here thirteen pieces, mostly 6-pounders, were maintained in action alternating to some extent with each other, and taking part as needed, all from the onset displaying that marvelous capacity of our people as artillerists which has made them, it would appear, at once the terror and the admiration of the enemy.”
-Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
July Assigned to Longstreet’s Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac.
October Assigned to Clark’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac.
October Assigned to Clark’s-Griffith’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia.
November Assigned to Griffith’s-Ewell’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. Lieutenant John Pelham transferred to General J.E.B. Stuart’s command to recruit and train a company of horse artillery.
1862
January Assigned to Ewell’s-A.P. Hill’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia.
March Assigned to A.P. Hill’s-Kemper’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia.
Spring The battery was reorganized
April-May

Siege of Yorktown
June Assigned to Kemper’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia.
June 25-July 1

Seven Days Battles
August Assigned to Kemper’s Brigade, Kemper’s Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia.
August 28-30

2nd Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
September Assigned to Artillery Battalion, D.R. Jones Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia.
October 4 The battery disbanded and its men were transferred to the Faquier Artillery.