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Muster In: Organized as the Newtown Artillery in 1861. Converted to horse artillery in November 1861.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain Philip Preston Johnston
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
- Commander: Captain Philip Preston Johnston5
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army (need source)
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- Note: Left the Siege of Petersburg sometime in September 1864.8
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not at the Siege of Petersburg.9
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not at the Siege of Petersburg.10
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not at the Siege of Petersburg.11
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- Note: Returned to the Siege of Petersburg sometime in March 1865.12
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles13:
- Trevilian Station (June 11-12, 1864)
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 123 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 133 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93: Sifakis does not list the exact date. More research is necessary. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93: Sifakis does not list the exact date. More research is necessary. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 92-93 ↩