19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
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- June 21, 1862 - Organized with four companies per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #143
- October 1, 1862 - (I) Battery C detached as the (United) Virginia Artillery Battery per Headquarters, Richmond Defenses / Special Order #92
- November 3, 1862 - Maryland Light Artillery[1] assigned as (II) Battery C
- December 13, 1862 - (Whittington's) Virginia Light Artillery Battery[2] assigned as Company E
- February 1863 - (II) Company C disbanded
- Company E eventually re-designated as (III) Company C
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- September 30, 1864 - Roper's Farm
- March-April 1865 - Appomattox Campaign
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- May 1863-December 1864 - Department of Richmond / Richmond Defenses / Inner Line / 1st Division
- December 1864-April 1865 - Department of Richmond / Artillery Defenses
- April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / G.W.C. Lee's Division / Crutchfield's Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John W. Atkinson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Nathaniel R. Cary (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 9)