(Ashby) Virginia Horse Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

November 13, 1861 - Organized at Flowing Spring, Jefferson County
March 23, 1862-April 9, 1865 - Armed with one 3" Rifle, one 12-lb. Howitzer, and one 3.1" Blakely Rifle
March 23, 1862 - Kernstown
May-June 1862 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862
May 19, 1862 - Reorganized
August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
October 16, 1862 - Charlestown, West Virginia
December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
June 9, 1863 - Brandy Station
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 6-10, 1863 - Funkstown and Boonsborough
February 29, 1864 - Stanardsville, Virginia
June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
January 2-5, 1865 - Expedition to Moorefield and Petersburg, West Virginia
January 16, 1865 - Temporarily disbanded, with orders to reassemble at Lynchburg on April 1, 1865
April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

December 1861-May 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Cavalry
May-June 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Jackson's Division / Cavalry
June-July 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Cavalry Brigade
August 1862-September 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Division / Horse Artillery Battalion
September 1863-May 1864 - Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Horse Artillery Battalion
September 1864-March 1865 - Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Rosser's Cavalry Division / Horse Artillery Battalion
March 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Horse Artillery / Thomson's Battalion
March-April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Horse Artillery / Breathed's Battalion

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Neese, George Michael, Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 19-20)