(Botetourt) Virginia Artillery Battery
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- December 24, 1861 - Organized by the conversion of the 28th Virginia Infantry / Company H
- Spring 1862 - Reorganized for the war
- June 17-18, 1862 - Cumberland Gap
- December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou [detachment]
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Company
- May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
- May 16, 1863 - Champion's Hill
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Battery surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled there later that month
- September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
- Fall 1863 - Reorganized
- October/November 1863 - Unarmed
- February/March 1864 - Armed with 6 guns
- May 9, 1864 - Cloyd's Mountain
- May 10, 1864 - New River Bridge
- March-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- March-April 1865 - Appomattox Campaign
- April 8, 1865 - Captured as part of Walker's Artillery Column
DESIGNATIONS
- December 1861-January 1862 - Army of the Northwest / Johnson's Brigade
- May-July 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Barton's Brigade
- July-December 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Barton's Brigade
- December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Barton's Brigade
- January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Stevenson's Division / Barton's Brigade
- April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Stevenson's Division / Artillery Battalion
- April-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Stevenson's Division / Artillery Battalion
- October 1863-February 1864 - Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Unattached Artillery
- February-April 1864 - Department of Western Virginia / Unattached Artillery
- April-May 1864 - Department of Western Virginia / Unattached
- April 1864-March 1865[1] - Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee / Artillery Battalion
- March-April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Artillery / King's Battalion
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Joseph W. Anderson (Captain)
- John W. Johnston (Captain)
- Henry Clay Douthat (Captain)
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ Print error?
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 24-25, 212)