20th 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
- Some of the men transferred from the disbanded (Botetourt) Virginia Heavy Artillery Battery
- Some men from the disbanded (Campbell) Virginia Artillery Battery transferred to Battery D[1]
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- 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: Arthur S. Cunningham (Lieutenant Colonel) (temporary)
- Johnston DeLangel (Major)
- James E. Robertson (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally listed on this unit's page but listed on the Campbell Battery page
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 9, 25)
