Virginia Civil War Confederate Artillery Units: Difference between revisions

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*:AKA - Epes' Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
*:AKA - Epes' Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
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*[[Virginia's_Letcher_Light_Artillery|Letcher Light Artillery]]
*[[Virginia's Letcher Light Artillery|Letcher Light Artillery]]  
*[[Virginia's_Long_Island_Light_Artillery|Long Island Light Artillery]]
*[[Virginia's Long Island Light Artillery|Long Island Light Artillery]]  
*[[Virginia's_Loudoun_Light_Artillery|Loudoun Light Artillery]]
*[[Virginia's Loudoun Light Artillery|Loudoun Light Artillery]]  
*[[Virginia's_Lunenberg_Heavy_Artillery|Lunenberg Heavy Artillery]]
*[[Virginia's Lunenberg Heavy Artillery|Lunenberg Heavy Artillery]]  
*[[Virginia's_Magruder_Light_Artillery|Magruder Light Artillery]]
*[[Virginia's Magruder Light Artillery|Magruder Light Artillery]]  
*Manchester Light Artillery  
*Manchester Light Artillery  
*:AKA - Weisiger's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*:AKA - Weisiger's Company, Virginia Light Artillery  
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*Marion Artillery  
*Marion Artillery  
*:AKA - Richmond Local Guards Wilkinson's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Company A)
*:AKA - Richmond Local Guards Wilkinson's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Company A)
*Matthews' Artillery  
*Matthews' Artillery  
*:AKA - Armistead's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*:AKA - Armistead's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*Middlesex Artillery  
*[[Virginia's Middlesex Light Artillery|Middlesex Light Artillery]]
*:AKA - Fleet's Company, Virginia Artillery
*[[Virginia's Monroe Light Artillery|Monroe "Dixie" Artillery]] 
*Monroe "Dixie" Artillery  
*[[Virginia's Nelson Light Artillery No. 1|Nelson Light Artillery No. 1]]
*:AKA - G.B. Chapman's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*[[Virginia's Nelson Light Artillery No. 2|Nelson Light Artillery No. 2]]  
*Monroe Artillery
*Nelson Light Artillery No. 1  
*Nelson Light Artillery No. 1 was organized in September 1861 with men recruited in Nelson County. After serving in the Potomac District the unit was transferred to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It fought at Coosawhatchie and was active on James Island and at Charleston. During October 1863, it returned to Virginia unequipped and wintered near Cobham's Depot. Later the company received its equipment and was placed in H. C. Cabell's and J. C. Haskell's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in The Wilderness Campaign, was involved in the Petersburg siege, north and south of the James River, and ended the war at Appomattox. It lost 4 killed and 14 wounded at Coosawhatchie and in April, 1864, it contained 2 officers and 107 men. The company surrendered with 1 officer and 12 men. Captains James N. Lamkin and Woodville Latham were in command.
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*Nelson Light Artillery No.  
*:AKA - Rives' Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*:Nelson Light Artillery No. 2 was organized during August 1861, with men from Nelson County. This battery was assigned to A. W. Stark's, J. M. Maury's, and C. E. Lightfoot's Battalion, Department of Richmond. For a time it was stationed at Chaffin's Farm near Petersburg, then was active in the Richmond and Petersburg lines and the Appomattox Campaign. In July 1862, it contained 2 officers and 69 men, but only 2 were present at the surrender. Captain J. Henry Rives was in command.
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*New Market Artillery  
*New Market Artillery  
*:AKA - Rice's Company, Virginia Light Artillery or 8th Star Artillery
*:AKA - Rice's Company, Virginia Light Artillery or 8th Star Artillery
*Norfolk Light Artillery Blues  
*[[Virginia's Norfolk Blues Light Artillery|Norfolk Blues Light Artillery]]
*:AKA - Grandy's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*[[Virginia's Nottoway Light Artillery|Nottoway Light Artillery]]
*Nottoway Light Artillery  
*[[Virginia's Orange Light Artillery|Orange Light Artillery]]
*:AKA - Jeffress' Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*[[Virginia's Pamunkey Heavy Artillery|Pamunkey Heavy Artillery]] 
*Orange Artillery  
*:AKA - Fry's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*Pamunkey Artillery
*:AKA - A.J. Jones' Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
*Pittsylvania Artillery  
*Pittsylvania Artillery  
*:AKA - Motley's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*:AKA - Motley's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*Portsmouth Light Artillery
 
*:AKA - Thompson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
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*Powhatan Artillery
 
*:AKA - Dance's Company, Virginia Artillery
*[[Virginia's Portsmouth Light Artillery|Portsmouth Light Artillery]]
*Purcell Artillery  
*[[Virginia's Powhatan Light Artillery|Powhatan Light Artillery]]
*:AKA - Cayce's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*[[Virginia's Purcell Light Artillery|Purcell Light Artillery]]
*Richmond Howitzers
*[[Virginia's_Richmond_Howitzers|Richmond Howitzers]]
*:1st Company
*::R.M. Anderson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*:2nd Company
*::L.F. Jones' Company, Virginia Artillery
*:3rd Company
*::B.H. Smith's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*:4th Company
*::Binford's Company, Virginia Volunteers
*Rockbridge Artillery  
*Rockbridge Artillery  
*:AKA - A. Graham's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
*:AKA - A. Graham's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
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