Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
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1862
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| March 18 | Organized by converting to artillery Company K, 16th Virginia Infantry Regiment, under the command of Captain James Read Branch, head of a Petersburg banking firm. |
| June-July | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Holmes’ Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days Battles |
| July | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Department of North Carolina |
| September-January | Assigned to Ransom’s Brigade, Walker’s-Ransom’s Division, Longstreet’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia. |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The battery was commanded by Captain James R. Branch. It was equipped with three 12-pounder /Howitzers, one 10-pounder Parrott Rifle, and two 3″ Ordnance Rifles. From the War Department tablet for Walker’s Division on the Antietam battlefield: At daybreak of the 17th, Walker’s Division with the Virginia Batteries of French and Branch occupied the rounded hills southeast of this point, supporting the right of Toombs’ command and observing Snavely’s Ford. Between 8 and 9 A.M., the Batteries moved with the Division to the Dunkard Church, and the duty of watching the ford devolved upon Munford’s Cavalry Brigade of Stuart’s command. |
| December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| February | Moved to North Carolina and assigned to Ransom’s Brigade, French’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
| February-March | Assigned to Ransom’s Brigade, District of Cape Fear, D.H. Hill’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
| March-April | Assigned to District of Cape Fear, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
| April-May | Assigned to District of Cape Fear, Department of North Carolina. |
| May-June | Assigned to Ransom’s Brigade, Department of North Carolina. |
| May 14 | Captain Branch was promoted to major. Captain Richard G. Pegram took command of the battery. |
| June-July | Assigned to Branch’s Battalion, Artillery, Department of North Carolina. |
| July-September | Assigned to Branch’s Artillery Battalion, Ransom’s Division, Department of North Carolina. |
| September-May | Assigned to Branch’s Battalion, Artillery, Department of North Carolina. |
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1864
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| May | Assigned to Coit’s Battalion, Artillery, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
| May 9 |
Swift Creek |
| May 16 |
Drewry’s Bluff |
| June | Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Johnson’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
| June |
Siege of Petersburg |
| June-October | Assigned to Coit’s Battalion, Artillery, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. |
| July 30 |
The Crater |
| October | Assigned to Coit’s Battalion, Artillery, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. |
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1865
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| Aptil 9 |
Appomattox Court House |