Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
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1861
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| August 19 | Created in Louisa County for one year’s service under the command of Captain Louis M. Coleman. |
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1862
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| January-March | Assigned to Reserve Artillery, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia |
| April | Army reorganization. Second Gun Sergeant Richard Channing Moore Page was elected captain of the battery effective May 2. |
| April-May |
Siege of YorktownAssigned to Reserve Artillery, Department of Northern Virginia |
| June-July | Assigned to Nelson’s Battalion, Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days Battles |
| September 12-15 |
Siege of Harper’s Ferry |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)Commanded by Captain Richard C.M. Page. The battery lost two men killed and seven wounded. From the marker for Jones’s Artillery Battalion at Antietam: Jones’ Artillery Battalion occupied the ridge north of this point and was actively engaged early in the day, but was soon withdrawn to the lower ground between the ridge and the Hagerstown Pike. In the afternoon the Battalion reoccupied the ridge and engaged the Union Batteries that had crossed by the Middle Bridge to the west side of the Antietam, it resisted also the advance of the Infantry of the Fifth Corps. At sundown the Battalion was again withdrawn. |
| September-July | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, D.H. Hill’s-Rodes’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| July | Assigned to Carter’s-Page’s Battalion, 2nd Corps Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Richard Channing Moore Page of Albermarle County, Virginia. Engaged on the east side of Oak Hill against the Union Eleventh Corps, it suffered the highest number of casualties of any Confederate battery at Gettysburg, including Captain Page, who was wounded. From the battery’s marker on Oak Hill at Gettysburg: Army of Northern Virginia July 1. Not engaged until Union forces on Seminary Ridge extended their line to the right when it opened upon them with a rapid enfilading fire in support of the infantry in the conflict which ensued. Meanwhile it suffered from the fire of Union artillery in the valley north of the town. Afterward moved to the foot of the ridge and aided in dislodging both the artillery and infantry of the Eleventh Corps. July 2. Held in readiness to move into position but was not engaged. July 3. On Seminary Ridge in reserve. July 4. After nightfall began the march to Hagerstown. Losses Killed and Mortally Wounded 4 Wounded 26 Ammunition expended 215 rounds. Horses killed or disabled 17. |
| October |
Bristoe Campaign |
| November-December |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| February 27 | Captain Page was promoted to Major of Artillery under General Echols. |
| May 5-6 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 23-26 |
Battle of North Anna |
| June 1-3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| September-November | Assigned to Page’s Battalion, Artillery, Army of the Valley |
| October |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| November-March | Assigned to Cutshaw’s Battalion, Artillery, Army of the Valley |
| March 2 |
Battle of Waynesboro |
| March |
Siege of Petersburg |
| March-April | Assigned to Cutshaw’s Battalion, 2nd Corps Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court House |