Chesterfield (South Carolina) Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• Fall 1861 - Organized
• ? - Mustered in Confederate Service
• January 25, 1863 - Kelly's Store
• January 30, 1863 - Kelly's Store
• April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg [one section]
  • December 26, 1864 - One section already armed with two 12-lb Napoleons
  • Other sections armed with two 12-lb Napoleons and two 12-lb Howitzers
• February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of South Carolina (November 1861)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (November-December 1861)
• Department of North Carolina / Artillery Battalion (July-September 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Artillery (September 1862-January 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Pryor's Brigade (January-February 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Shumaker's Artillery Battalion (February-April 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Shumaker's/Moseley's Artillery Battalion (April-May 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Moseley's Artillery Battalion (May-June 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Branch's Artillery Battalion (June-July 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Ransom's Division / Branch's Artillery Battalion (July-September 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Branch's/Coit's Artillery Battalion (September 1863-May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Coit's Artillery Battalion (May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 2nd Military District [detached from Coit's Battalion] (May-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Artillery / Coit's Battalion (October 1864-February 1865)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 2nd Military District [two sections] (October 1864-January 1865)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 2nd Military District / 1st Sub-Division [two sections] (January-February 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / Unattached / Palmer's Artillery Battalion (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: J.C. Coit (Captain)
• James I. Kelly (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. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 15-16)