Virginia's Moorman-Shoemaker Battery

Brief History

• organized at Lynchburg, Virginia, in April 1861.
• The unit was assigned to J. S. Saunders', J. Pelham's, R. F. Beckham's, and J. Breathed's Battalion, Army of Northern Virginia.
• It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and took part in the Appomattox Campaign.
• This company sustained 5 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, took 112 effectives to Gettysburg but was not engaged, and disbanded at Lynchburg on April 9, 1865.
• Captains Marcellus N. Moorman and John J. Shoemaker.
• also called Lynchburg Horse Artillery or Beauregard's Rifles

Companies

Roster (by surname)