Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
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1861
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| April | Created in Richmond under the command of Captain Henry Grey Latham. |
| July | Assigned to Cocke’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac. Equipped with four 6 pounder smoothbore howitzers. |
| July 21 |
Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) |
| July-October | Assigned to Cocke’s Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
| October-November | Assigned to Cocke’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
| November-January | Assigned to Cocke’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. |
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1862
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| January-April | Assigned to Cocke’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. |
| April 3 | The battery was reorganized. James Dearing became captain. Dearing was in the West Point Class of 1862, (which graduated early as the class of June 1861). He resigned before graduation with the secession of Virginia) |
| April – May |
Siege of YorktownAssigned to Pickett’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Division, Potomac District, Army of Northern Virginia. |
| May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines |
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| December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| April-May |
Suffolk CampaignAssigned to Artillery Battalion, Pickett’s Division, Department of Southern Virginia |
| May-July | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Pickett’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June | Redesignated as the 38th Virginia Light Artillery Battalion as Company D. The four batteries in the battalion would continue to operate independently and be known by their older designations. Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Pickett’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
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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 |
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1865
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| April 9 |
Appomattox Court House |