Virginia's Moorman-Shoemaker Battery: Difference between revisions

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*AKA - Lynchburg Horse Artillery or Beauregards Rifles
*AKA - Lynchburg Horse Artillery or Beauregards Rifles


=== Companies ===
=== Companies ===


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::[http://ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/rosters/moormans_shoemakers_battery_rost.html Roster] (by surname)


=== Source Material ===
=== Source Material ===
 
 
 
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Revision as of 08:32, 3 November 2010

Brief History[edit | edit source]

  • 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

Companies[edit | edit source]

Roster (by surname)

Source Material[edit | edit source]