Virginia's Huger's-Moore's Battery: Difference between revisions

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


*Organized in June 1861  
*Organized in June 1861  
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*Captains Frank Huger and Joseph D. Moore were in command.
*Captains Frank Huger and Joseph D. Moore were in command.


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


men from Norfolk, Virginia
men from Norfolk, Virginia  
 
[[Category:Virginia - Military - Civil War, 1861-1865]]

Latest revision as of 15:46, 1 June 2018

Brief History

  • Organized in June 1861
  • After serving in the Department of Norfolk, the unit was assigned to J. J. Garnett's and C. Richardson's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia.
  • It fought in numerous conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then participated in the siege operations against Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign.
  • This battery took 77 men to Gettysburg but surrendered only 3.
  • Captains Frank Huger and Joseph D. Moore were in command.

Companies

men from Norfolk, Virginia