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1st Company | 1st Company | ||
{{Block indent|Accepted into Confederate service in June 1861. }} | |||
{{Block indent|Its members were recruited in Richmond. }} | |||
{{Block indent|After taking part in the Battle of First Manassas, the unit joined the Army of Northern Virginia and served in H. C. Cabell's Battalion. }} | |||
{{Block indent|It participated in various conflicts from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then was active in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and around Appomattox. }} | |||
{{Block indent|This battery contained 90 men at Gettysburg and surrendered with 12 on April 9, 1865. }} | |||
{{Block indent|Captains Edward S. McCarthy, William P. Palmer, and John C. Shields were in command. }} | |||
{{Block indent|R.M. Anderson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery }} | |||
{{Block indent|[http://web.archive.org/web/20200114055316/http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/r_m_andersons_co_lite_art/r_m_andersons_co_lite_arty_rost.html Roster] at Ranger95 (archived page)|2}} | |||
2nd Company | 2nd Company | ||
{{Block indent|Organized in May 1861, and for a time served in the 1st Regiment Virginia Artillery. }} | |||
{{Block indent|After becoming an independent command, it was assigned to J. T. Brown's, R. A. Hardaway's, and W. E. Cutshaw's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. }} | |||
{{Block indent|The unit served from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, then participated in the siege operations against Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign. }} | |||
{{Block indent|It took 64 effectives to Gettysburg and surrendered with I officer and 45 men. }} | |||
{{Block indent|Commanders were John T. Brown, Henry Hudnall, and David Watson. }} | |||
{{Block indent|L.F. Jones' Company, Virginia Artillery }} | |||
{{Block indent|[http://web.archive.org/web/20200114055236/http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/lf_jones_art_co/lf_jones_arty_co_rost.html Roster] at Ranger95 (archived page)|2}} | |||
3rd Company | 3rd Company | ||
{{Block indent|Formed at the Baptist Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in June 1861. }} | |||
{{Block indent|It was attached to the 1st Regiment Virginia Artillery, then became an independent company. }} | |||
{{Block indent|The battery was assigned to J. T. Brown's and R. A. Hardaway's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. }} | |||
{{Block indent|It served in the Richmond area, saw action from the Maryland Campaign to Cold Harbor, and participated in the siege operations against Richmond and the Appomattox Campaign. }} | |||
{{Block indent|At Gettysburg the unit had 62 men engaged, but many were captured at Sayler's Creek on April 6, 1865. }} | |||
{{Block indent|It was included in the surrender of the army. }} | |||
{{Block indent|Captains Edgar F. Moseley, Benjamin H. Smith, Jr., and Robert C. Stanard were in command. }} | |||
{{Block indent|B.H. Smith's Company, Virginia Light Artillery }} | |||
{{Block indent|[http://web.archive.org/web/20200114055101/http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/bh_smiths_arty_co/bh_smiths_arty_co_rost.html Roster] at Ranger95 (archived page)|2}} | |||
4th Company | 4th Company | ||
{{Block indent|Binford's Company, Virginia Volunteers }} | |||
{{Block indent|[http://web.archive.org/web/20200114214159/http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/binfords_co_vol/binfords_co_vol_rost.html Roster] at Ranger95 (archived page)<br><br>|2}} | |||
*The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm#sort=score+desc&q=%22Richmond+Howitzers%22 719 men] on its roster for the Richmond Howitzers companies. | *The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm#sort=score+desc&q=%22Richmond+Howitzers%22 719 men] on its roster for the Richmond Howitzers companies. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:14, 20 August 2025
Brief History[edit | edit source]
Companies[edit | edit source]
1st Company
2nd Company
3rd Company
4th Company
- The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 719 men on its roster for the Richmond Howitzers companies.
Source Material[edit | edit source]
- A Sketch of the Richmond Howitzers and Their Historic Home: Organized November 9, 1859, Reorganized April 10, 1871. Richmond, Va.: Richmond Howitzers, 1903. FS Library Fiche 6082749.
- Andrews, Andrew Jackson. A Sketch of the Boyhood Days of Andrew J. Andrews of Gloucester County, Virginia, and His Experience as a Soldier in the Late War Between the States. Richmond, Va.: Hermitage Press, 1905. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082751 (2 fiche).
- Christian, George Llewellyn. Confederate Memories and Experiences. Richmond, Va.: Clayton Print. Co., [1914?]. FS Library Fiche 6082752.
- Contributions to a History of the Richmond Howitzer Battalion. Richmond, Va.: Carlton McCarthy & Co., 1883, c1884, 1886. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082744-6082747 (5 fiche); FS Library Film 1065103 Item 2.
- Dame, William Meade. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign: A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw. Baltimore, Md.: Green-Lucan Co., 1920. FS Library Fiche 6082753 (3 fiche).
- Daniel, Frederick S. Richmond Howitzers in the War: Four Years Campaigning with the Army of Northern Virginia. Richmond, Va., 1891. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Film 1550618.
- Historical Sketch of the Richmond Howitzer: Organized November 9, 1859, Reorganized April 10, 1871. ?Richmond, Va.: Richmond Howitzers, 1897. FS Library Fiche 6082748.
- McCarthy, Carlton. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865. Richmond, Va.: C. McCarthy and Co., 1882. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082755 (3 fiche).
- Macon, Thomas Joseph. Reminiscences of the First Company of Richmond Howitzers. Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson, 1909. FS Library Fiche 6082757 (2 fiche).
- Macon, Thomas Joseph. Life Gleanings. Richmond, Va.: W.H. Adams, 1913. Digital versions at Internet Archive; Project Gutenberg; FS Library Fiche 6082756 (2 fiche).
- Robinson, Leigh. The South Before and at the Battle of the Wilderness: Address of Leigh Robinson of Washington, D.C., before the Virginia Division of the Army of Northern Virginia at Their Annual Meeting, Held at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Nov. 1, 1877. Richmond, Va.: J.E. Goode, Printer, 1878. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082758 (2 fiche).
- Robinson, Leigh. A Souvenir of the Unveiling of the Richmond Howitzer Monument at Richmond, Virginia, December 13th, 1892: Address of Mr. Leigh Robinson, With Rolls of the Three Companies and Lists of Battles. Richmond, Va.: J.L. Hill Print. Co., 1893. FS Library Fiche 6082743 (2 fiche).
- Rowsey, Robert N. The Glorious March to the Sea: A Story of the Record-Breaking March of One Hundred and Thirty-four Miles in Five Days by the Richmond Howitzers to the Jamestown Exposition, June, 1907. Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson, 1907?. FS Library Fiche 6082750 (2 fiche).
- Stiles, Robert. Four Years Under Marse Robert. New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1903. Digital version at Google Books; FS Library Fiche 6082759 (4 fiche).
- Tinsley, Henry C., Armistead C. Gordon, and Vindicator (Staunton, Va.). Observations of a Retired Veteran. Staunton, Va.: Albert Schultz, 1904. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082760 (2 fiche).
- Townsend, Harry C. Townsend's Diary: Last Months of the War, January-May, 1865: A Diary from Petersburg to Appomattox; Thence to North Carolina to Join Johnston's Army. Richmond, Va.: W.E. Jones, Book and Job Printer, 1907. FS Library Fiche 6082761.