(Albemarle) Virginia Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• March 19, 1862 - Organized for the war in Albemarle County, Virginia
• April 30, 1863 - Assigned as the 12th Virginia Light Artillery Battalion / (II) Company A prior to this date
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
  • June 9, 1864 - Petersburg
• December 28, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleons
• December 30, 1864 - Battery also manned two 8" Mortars, seven 12-lb. Mortars, and five 24-lb. Coehorn Mortars
• January 11, 1865 - Again became an independent battery per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #8
• March-April 1865 - Appomattox Campaign
  • April 8, 1865 - Captured as part of Walker's Artillery Column

DESIGNATIONS

• February-April 1863 - Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Unattached Artillery
• April-May 1863 - Department of Southern Virginia / Boggs' Artillery Battalion
• July-September 1863 - Department of Richmond / Ransom's Division / Artillery / Boggs' Battalion
• December 1863-January 1864 - Department of North Carolina / Artillery / Boggs' Battalion
• January-February 1864 - District of the Cape Fear / Boggs' Artillery Battalion
• June 1864 - Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 1st Military District
• June-October 1864 - Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Artillery / Boggs' Battalion
• October 1864-April 1865 - Department of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Artillery / Boggs'/Sturdivant's Battalion

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Nathaniel A. Sturdivant (Captain)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 6, 13-14)