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*1st Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery (Hardaway's)(Moseley's)  
*1st Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery (Hardaway's)(Moseley's)  
*10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
*[[10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery|10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery ]]
*:AKA Allen's Battalion  
*:AKA Allen's Battalion  
*:Organized April 14, 1862  
*:Organized April 14, 1862  
*:Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865  
*:Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865
*:Company D
*[[12th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery|12th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery ]]
*::Brandon Light Artillery 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.
*:organized with four companies during May, 1862
*::Its commander was Captain William Allen.
*12th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery  
*:organized with four companies during May, 1862  
*:Company A (1st)--Brooke's Battery
*::also called Warrenton Light Artillery] was organized in April 1862. The company was assigned to the 12th Battalion Virginia Artillery, then in August became an independent command. It was assigned to J. I Brown's and W. T. Poague's Battalion of Artillery, and served with the Army of Northern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Cold Harbor, aided in the defense of Petersburg, then took part in the Appomattox Campaign. This unit lost nine percent of the 58 engaged at Gettysburg, and reported 2 officers and 10 men present for duty in September 1864. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 3 officers and 37 men. Captains James V. Brooke and Addison W. Utterback were in command.
*:Company A (2nd)--Sturdivant's Battery
*:Company B--Martin's Battery
*:Company C----Eubank's--Taylor's Battery
*::men from Alburtis'--Wise Battery made up this company.
*:Company D--Harrington Light Artillery (assigned to the 13th North Carolina Artillery Battalion in November, 1863)
*:Major Francis J. Boggs was in command
*13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery  
*13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery  
*16th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
*16th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
*18th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
*[[18th_Battalion,_Virginia_Heavy_Artillery|18th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery ]]
*:organized in June 1862, with men from Norfolk and Alexandria, and Southampton, Isle of Wight, and York counties
*:organized in June 1862  
*:In April 1865, the unit was assigned to Barton's Brigade as infantry
*:It surrendered ar Appomattox with 2 officers and 23 men
*:It surrendered ar Appomattox with 2 officers and 23 men
*18th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery  
*18th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery  
*19th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Atkinson's)  
*19th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Atkinson's)  
*20th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
*20th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery  
*:organized and accepted into Confederate service at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, in June, 1862  
*:organized June, 1862
*:contained four companies and a fifth was added in September
*:Converted to infantry in 1865, it participated in the Appomattox Campaign and surrendered with 11 men
*38th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery (Read's)
*38th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery (Read's)


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