(Bedford) Virginia Light Artillery Battery
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- January 22, 1861 - Organized in Bedford County, Virginia
- May 8, 1861 - Enlisted for one year
- Spring 1862 - Re-organized
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- April 16, 1862 - Lee's Mill
- June 24, 1862 - Armed with three 24-lb. Howitzers and one 12-lb. Napoleon
- August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 20, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- October 4, 1862 - (Yorktown) Virginia ("Magruder") Light 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, 1863-December 26, 1864 - Armed with four 3" Rifles
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- 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-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- June 1862 - Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / Cobb's Brigade
- July-August 1862 - Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's Division / Early's Brigade
- August 1862-July 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Reserve Artillery / Lee's/Alexander's Battalion
- July-September 1863 - 1st Corps / Artillery / Alexander's Battalion
- September-November 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / Alexander's Artillery Battalion
- November 1863-April 1864 - Department of East Tennessee / Alexander's Artillery Battalion
- April 1864-April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Artillery / Alexander's/Huger's Battalion
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Tyler C. Jordan (Captain)
- John Donnell Smith (Captain)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Graves, Joseph A., History of the Bedford Light Artillery
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 23-24)