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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
*It completed its organization in May 1861 and became Company E of the [[1st_Regiment,_Virginia_Artillery_(Confederate)|1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery]] | *It completed its organization in May 1861 and became Company E of the [[1st_Regiment,_Virginia_Artillery_(Confederate)|1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery]]. | ||
*It was detached in December and assigned to J. R. C. Lewis' Battalion, a temporary field command. | *It was detached in December and assigned to J. R. C. Lewis' Battalion, a temporary field command. | ||
*Later the unit became Company D, [[10th_Battalion,_Virginia_Heavy_Artillery_(Allen's)_(Confederate)|10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery]] and was then known as the Jamestown Heavy Artillery. | *Later the unit became Company D, [[10th_Battalion,_Virginia_Heavy_Artillery_(Allen's)_(Confederate)|10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery]] and was then known as the Jamestown Heavy Artillery. | ||
=== | :Its commander was Captain William Allen. | ||
=== Companies === | |||
::[http://ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/rosters/10th_hvy_arty_bn_rost_d.html Roster] | |||
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Revision as of 17:51, 24 May 2011
Brief History[edit | edit source]
- It completed its organization in May 1861 and became Company E of the 1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery.
- It was detached in December and assigned to J. R. C. Lewis' Battalion, a temporary field command.
- Later the unit became Company D, 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery and was then known as the Jamestown Heavy Artillery.
- Its commander was Captain William Allen.