Ashby Virginia Artillery (Chew’s VA Battery)

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Muster In: Organized on May 19, 1862.¹
Muster Out: April 9, 1865²

Commander(s):
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army³

• Commander:
• Unit Strength:
• Weapons: 1 x 3-inch Rifle, 1 x 12-lb. Howitzer, 1 x 3.1-inch Blakely Rifle⁴

Second Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army⁵

• Commander:
• Unit Strength:
• Weapons: 1 x 3-inch Rifle, 1 x 12-lb. Howitzer, 1 x 3.1-inch Blakely Rifle⁶

Third Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army⁷

• Commander:
• Unit Strength:
• Weapons: 1 x 3-inch Rifle, 1 x 12-lb. Howitzer, 1 x 3.1-inch Blakely Rifle⁸

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army (August 1-12, 1864)⁹

Gordonsville, VA (August 12-31, 1864)¹⁰,¹¹

• Commander:
• Unit Strength:
• Weapons: 1 x 3-inch Rifle, 1 x 12-lb. Howitzer, 1 x 3.1-inch Blakely Rifle¹²
• Note: This battery apparently left the Siege of Petersburg at the same time as other elements of the Horse Artillery, around August 12, 1864.  However, unlike its fellow batteries, this unit was kept at Gordonsville from mid-August to late September 1864, when it was finally moved to the Valley and assigned to Rosser’s Cavalry Division on September 27, 1864.¹³,¹⁴

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

• Not present at the Siege if Petersburg (at Gordonsville, VA from August 12-September 26, 1864, then to the Valley)
• Weapons: 1 x 3-inch Rifle, 1 x 12-lb. Howitzer, 1 x 3.1-inch Blakely Rifle¹⁵

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

• Not at the Siege of Petersburg.¹⁶

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

• Not at the Siege of Petersburg.¹⁷

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

• Not at the Siege of Petersburg.¹⁸

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

• Commander:
• Unit Strength:
• Weapons: 1 x 3-inch Rifle, 1 x 12-lb. Howitzer, 1 x 3.1-inch Blakely Rifle¹⁹
• Note: Returned to the Siege of Petersburg sometime in March-April 1865.²⁰

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles²¹:

• Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
• Temporarily disbanded on January 16, 1865 with orders to reassemble on April 1, 1865 at Lynchburg, Va.
• Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

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