(Amherst) Virginia Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

July 24, 1861 - Organized for one year in Amherst County, Virginia
April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
May 15, 1862 - Reorganized
June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days Battles
September 17-20, 1862 - Armed with two 12-lb. Howitzers and four 6-lb. Smoothbores
September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
October 4, 1862 - (Hanover) Virginia Light Artillery Battery and (Middlesex) Virginia Artillery Battery disbanded and some of the men transferred to this battery per Army of Northern Virginia / Headquarters / Special Order #209
December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Armed with three 12-lb. Napoleons
October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
May 8-21, 1864 - Spotsylvania Court House
May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
June 1864 - The Lynchburg Campaign
July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
December 28, 1864 - Armed with one 3" Rifle and two 12-lb. Napoleons
March 2, 1865 - Waynesborough
March 1865 - No record after this date

DESIGNATIONS

November 1861-March 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Reserve Artillery
March-June 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Reserve Artillery
June 1862-June 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / Reserve Artillery / Nelson's Battalion
June-July 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Reserve Artillery / Nelson's Battalion
July 1863-June 1864 - Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Artillery / Nelson's Battalion
June 1864-March 1865 - Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Artillery / Nelson's Battalion

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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 17-18)