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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. | ||
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*Captains John H. Chamberlayne and George S. Davidson. | *Captains John H. Chamberlayne and George S. Davidson. | ||
=== Companies === | === Companies === | ||
men from Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. | men from Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. | ||
=== Source Material === | ::[http://ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/rosters/13th_bn_lite_arty_rost_c.html Roster] | ||
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Revision as of 16:43, 14 November 2010
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.
Companies[edit | edit source]
men from Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.