Virginia's Moorman-Shoemaker Battery: Difference between revisions

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organized at Lynchburg, Virginia, in April 1861.
The unit was assigned to J. S. Saunders', J. Pelham's, R. F. Beckham's, and J. Breathed's Battalion, Army of Northern Virginia.
It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and took part in the Appomattox Campaign.
This company sustained 5 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, took 112 effectives to Gettysburg but was not engaged, and disbanded at Lynchburg on April 9, 1865.
Captains Marcellus N. Moorman and John J. Shoemaker.
AKA - Lynchburg Horse Artillery or Beauregards Rifles

Roster (by surname)

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 *AKA - Lynchburg Horse Artillery or Beauregards Rifles
-=== Companies  ===
+=== Companies ===
-*The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm#q=%22Shoemaker's%20Company,%20Virginia%20Horse%20Artillery%20(Beauregard%20Rifles)%20(Lynchburg%20Beauregards)%22 308 men] on its roster for "Shoemaker's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery (Beauregard Rifles) (Lynchburg Beauregards)".
+::[http://ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/rosters/moormans_shoemakers_battery_rost.html Roster] (by surname)
-=== Source Material  ===
+=== Source Material ===
-*Shoemaker, John J. ''Shoemaker's Battery: Stuart Horse Artillery, Pelham's Battalion, Afterwards Commanded by Col. R. P. Chew, Army of Northern Virginia.'' Memphis, Tenn.: S.C. Toof & Co., 1908?. {{FSC|777577|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6082780 (2 fiche)}}.<br>
-[[Category:Virginia - Military - Civil War, 1861-1865]]