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===Brief History===
=== Brief History ===


*Organized at Lynchburg, Virginia, in May, 1861.  
*Organized at Lynchburg, Virginia, in May, 1861.  
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*It fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then participated in Early's Shenandoah Valley Campaign.  
*It fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then participated in Early's Shenandoah Valley Campaign.  
*The battery took 90 men to Gettysburg and surrendered at Appomattox with 1  
*The battery took 90 men to Gettysburg and surrendered at Appomattox with 1  
*Captains Pierce B. Anderson, William W. Hardwicke, and Charles I Raine.
*Captains Pierce B. Anderson, William W. Hardwicke, and Charles I Raine.  
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 12:19, 15 November 2010

Brief History[edit | edit source]

  • Organized at Lynchburg, Virginia, in May, 1861.
  • This unit was active in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign and Jackson's Valley operations, then served in J. W. Latimer's, R. S. Andrews', and C. M. Braxton's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia.
  • It fought with the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then participated in Early's Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
  • The battery took 90 men to Gettysburg and surrendered at Appomattox with 1
  • Captains Pierce B. Anderson, William W. Hardwicke, and Charles I Raine.