38th Virginia Light Artillery Battalion / Battery C

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the:
  • (Richmond) Virginia ("Hampden") Artillery
  • (Richmond) Virginia ("Hampden") Light Artillery

• ~June 1863 - Organized by the assignment of the (Richmond) Virginia ("Hampden") Artillery
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Armed with one 10-lb. Parrott, one 3" Rifle, and two 12-lb. Napoleons
• April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth Expedition
• May 17-June 14, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
  • June 17, 1864 - Petersburg
• December 26, 1864 - Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleons
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• June-July 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Artillery Battalion
• July-September 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Artillery / Dearing's Battalion
• September-December 1863 - Department of North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Artillery Battalion
• December 1863-May 1864 - Department of North Carolina / Dearing's Artillery Battalion
• May 1864 - Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Whiting's Division / Artillery Battalion
• May-June 1864 - Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Artillery Battalion
• June-October 1864 - Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Read's Artillery Battalion
• October 1864-April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Read's/Stribling's Artillery Battalion

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William Henderson Caskie (Captain)
• John E. Sullivan (Captain)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 11-12)