Richmond (VA) Otey Artillery

Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia

1862
March 14 Organized for the duration of the war under the command of Captain George Gaston Otey.
March 22 Mustered into Confederate service.
May Assigned to the Artillery Battalion, District of Lewisburg, Department of Southwestern Virginia.
May 10
Giles Court House
September
Kanawha Campaign
September 10
Fayetteville
September 13
Charleston
September Assigned to the King’s Artillery Battalion, Army of the Kanawha, Department of Southwestern Virginia.
1863
February Assigned to Artillery Battalion, Department of Western Virginia.
April Assigned to the Department of Western Virginia.
May Assigned to King’s Artillery Battalion, Department of Western Virginia.
October Assigned to King’s Artillery Battalion, Ransom’s Division, Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee.
December Redesignated Company A 13th Virginia Light Artillery Battalion but still referred to by its original designation as the three batteries of the battalion often did not operate together. Assigned to the King’s Artillery Battalion, Ransom’s Division, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee under the command of Captain David Norvell Walker.
1864
February Assigned to King’s Battalion, Artillery, Department of East Tennessee.
May Assigned to King’s Artillery Battalion, Breckinridge’s Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia.
May 15 Moved to Richmond area and assigned to Artillery, Breckinridge’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia.
June 1-3
Battle of Cold Harbor
June Assigned to Gibbes’ Artillery Battalion, Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
June 15
Siege of Petersburg
July 30
Battle of the Crater

The battery provided men for a temporary mortar battery commanded by Lientenant John B. Langhorne.
October Assigned to Owens’ Artillery Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
December 28 Equipped with four 12-pounder Napoleons and personnel served three Coehorn mortars,
1865
February Converted to heavy artillery and assigned to King’s’ Artillery Battalion, Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
April
Appomattox Campaign

The battery abandoned their heavy artillery and fought as infantry for the rest of the war.
April 8
Battle of Appomattox Station

Most of the battery was captured with Walker’s artillery column by Sheridan’s cvalry.
April 9
Appomattox Court House