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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
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*AKA - Jeffress' Company, Virginia Light Artillery | *AKA - Jeffress' Company, Virginia Light Artillery | ||
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::[http://ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/rosters/jeffress_co_lite_arty_rost.html Roster] | ::[http://ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/rosters/jeffress_co_lite_arty_rost.html Roster] | ||
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Revision as of 08:45, 3 November 2010
Brief History[edit | edit source]
- Organized in June, 1861
- The unit served in western Virginia and east Tennessee, then was assigned to A. Leyden's, S. C. Williams', and R. F. Kolb's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Tennessee.
- It participated in numerous engagements from Chickamauga to Atlanta, then was reported at Macon, Georgia, in September 1864.
- It contained 60 effectives in March 1862, 78 in December 1863, and 69 in April 1864.
- The battery disbanded during the winter of 1864-1865.
- Captain William C. Jeffress was its commander.
- AKA - Jeffress' Company, Virginia Light Artillery
Companies[edit | edit source]
men recruited in Nottoway County