Virginia Civil War Confederate Artillery Units
Regiments[edit | edit source]
- 1st Regiment, Richmond Howitzers, Virginia Artillery
- Enlisted on April 21, 1861.
- Reorganized in May 1862.
- Captured as part of Walker's column on April 8, 1865.
- 1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery
- Organized in September, 1861
- On September 2, 1864, the unit was reduced to a battalion and its designation changed to the 1st Battalion Virginia Artillery
- 2nd Regiment, Virginia Artillery
- Organized in February, 1862
- 3rd Artillery Regiment
- 3rd Regiment, Virginia Light Artillery (Local Defense)
- organized on March 5, 1862
- 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery Regiment
- Formed in May 1862
- 5th Regiment, Virginia Artillery
Battalions[edit | edit source]
- 1st Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Organized April 14, 1862
- Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865
- 12th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- organized with four companies during May, 1862
- 13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- 16th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- 18th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- organized in June 1862
- It surrendered ar Appomattox with 2 officers and 23 men
- 18th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- 19th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Atkinson's)
- 20th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- organized June, 1862
- 38th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- Jackson's Battalion, Light Artillery, Virginia State Line
Companies[edit | edit source]
- Ancell's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- E.J. Anderson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- G.W. Brown's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- J.W. Carter's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- Clutter's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Coffin's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Coleman's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Donald's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Forrest's Company, Virginia Artillery (Chesapeake Artillery)
- Jackson's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- J.R. Johnson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Kyle's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Lamkin's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Lanier's Company, Virginia Artillery (Local Defense and Special Service)
- Lumkin's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- McClanahan's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- Montgomery's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Moore's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Moorman-Shoemaker's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- Otey's Company, Virginia Light Artillery, Local Defense
- Parker's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Pelham's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- Penick's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Petersburg Light Artillery
- Read's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Shank's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- Sturdivant's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Taylor's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Turner's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Utterback's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Virginia Light Artillery, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
- Waters' Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- W.P. Carter's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Woolfolk's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Ashland Light Artillery)
Batteries[edit | edit source]
- 1st Regiment, Virginia Light Artillery
- An attempt was made to organize this regiment during early 1861, but it was evidently not completed.
- It appears to have been disbanded prior to April 26, 1862.
- 2nd Richmond Battery, Virginia
- Albemarle Artillery
- Alleghany Light Artillery
- Amherst Light Artillery
- Barr's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Bedford Artillery
- Bedford Light Artillery
- Botetourt Light Artillery
- Botetourt Artillery
- AKA - Bowyer's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Branch Field Artillery
- AKA - Pegram's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Bryan Artillery
- AKA - Bryan's Company, Virginia Artillery or Monroe Artillery
- Roster
- Campbell Battery
- AKA - Patterson's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Caroline Light Artillery
- Charlottesville Light Artillery
- Crenshaw Battery
- Danville Artillery
- Dixie Light Artillery
- Fluvanna Light Artillery
- Fredericksburg Light Artillery
- Giles Light Artillery
- Halifax Heavy Artillery
- AKA - Wright's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Halifax Light Artillery
- AKA - Young's Company, Virginia Artillery
- Hanover Light Artillery
- Henrico Artillery
- AKA - Courtney Artillery, Virginia
- Jackson Light Artillery
- James City Artillery
- Johnston Artillery
- AKA - Epes' Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Johnston's Battery, Virginia Artillery
- Letcher Light Artillery
- Long Island Light Artillery
- Loudoun Light Artillery
- Lowry's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Centreville Rifles)
- Lunenberg Heavy Artillery
- Lurty's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery
- Magruder Light Artillery
- Manchester Light Artillery
- AKA - Weisiger's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Marion Artillery
- AKA - Richmond Local Guards Wilkinson's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Company A)
- Matthews' Artillery
- AKA - Armistead's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Middlesex Light Artillery
- Monroe "Dixie" Artillery
- Nelson Light Artillery No. 1
- Nelson Light Artillery No. 2
- New Market Artillery
- AKA - Rice's Company, Virginia Light Artillery or 8th Star Artillery
- Norfolk Blues Light Artillery
- Nottoway Light Artillery
- Orange Light Artillery
- Pamunkey Heavy Artillery
- Pittsylvania Artillery
- AKA - Motley's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Portsmouth Light Artillery
- Powhatan Light Artillery
- Purcell Light Artillery
- Richmond Howitzers
- Rockbridge Light Artillery
- Salem Flying Artillery
- AKA - Griffin's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Saltville Artillery
- AKA - King's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Southside Light Artillery
- Staunton Light Artillery
- Staunton Hill Light Artillery
- Surry Light Artillery
- Turner Light Artillery
- United Light Artillery
- Wise Artillery
Misc[edit | edit source]
- Stonewall Artillery, Virginia
- Virginia Artillery
- Artillery Detachment, Virginia Military Institute
- Wise Legion, Virginia Artillery
- Goochland Light Artillery, Virginia
- Virginia Horse Artillery