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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
*Assembled in April, 1862 | *Assembled in April, 1862 | ||
*It was attached to the [[ | *It was attached to the [[13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery|13th Battalion Virginia Artillery]], but served as an independent command. | ||
*During the war it was assigned to J. F. King's, J. H. Gibbes', and W. W. Owen's Battalion of Artillery. | *During the war it was assigned to J. F. King's, J. H. Gibbes', and W. W. Owen's Battalion of Artillery. | ||
*After serving in Western Virginia it moved to Tennessee, fought in the Knoxville Campaign, then returned to Virginia. | *After serving in Western Virginia it moved to Tennessee, fought in the Knoxville Campaign, then returned to Virginia. | ||
*Here it participated in the defense of Petersburg and Richmond, and disbanded early in 1865. | *Here it participated in the defense of Petersburg and Richmond, and disbanded early in 1865. | ||
*Captains John H. Chamberlayne and George S. Davidson. | *Captains John H. Chamberlayne and George S. Davidson.<ref>National Park Service, Confederate Virginia Troops, | ||
13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery at https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CVA0013BAL, accessed 25 April 2025</ref> | |||
=== Companies === | === Companies === | ||
Men from Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. | |||
=== Source Material === | === Source Material === | ||
[[Category:Kentucky Military Records]][[Category:Tennessee Military Records]][[Category:Virginia - Military - Civil War, 1861-1865]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:11, 25 April 2025
Brief History[edit | edit source]
- Assembled in April, 1862
- It was attached to the 13th Battalion Virginia Artillery, but served as an independent command.
- During the war it was assigned to J. F. King's, J. H. Gibbes', and W. W. Owen's Battalion of Artillery.
- After serving in Western Virginia it moved to Tennessee, fought in the Knoxville Campaign, then returned to Virginia.
- Here it participated in the defense of Petersburg and Richmond, and disbanded early in 1865.
- Captains John H. Chamberlayne and George S. Davidson.[1]
Companies[edit | edit source]
Men from Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
Source Material[edit | edit source]
- ↑ National Park Service, Confederate Virginia Troops, 13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery at https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CVA0013BAL, accessed 25 April 2025