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Baltimore Maryland Artillery (Brockenbrough’s MD Battery)

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Muster In: Organized ca. October 1861.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Captain Walter S. Chew (of the 4th MD Btty)
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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

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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4

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  • Note: Left the Siege of Petersburg sometime in June  1864.5

Third Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6

  • Not at the Siege of Petersburg.7

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not at the Siege of Petersburg.8

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not at the Siege of Petersburg.9

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not at the Siege of Petersburg.10

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not at the Siege of Petersburg.11

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not at the Siege of Petersburg.12

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13,14

  • Commander:
    • None listed. (March 1865)15
    • Captain Walter S. Chew (of the 4th MD Btty)(April 1-2, 1865)16
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  • Note: I think this battalion returned at some point in March.  It probably had returned by March 20, when the 2nd and 4th Maryland Batteries were consolidated.  Robert J. Trout’s book backs up the March 20, 1865 date.17,18
  • Note: The 4th Maryland Battery was consolidated into this battery on March 20, 1865.  However, that unit had been forced to turn over its guns.  As of March 20, the combined unit had no cannon.  I am unsure if this situation ever changed.19,20

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

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

      Sources:

      1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
      4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
      5. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55: More research is needed on the exact date. ↩
      6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 123 ↩
      7. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      8.  Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      9. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      10. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      11. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      12. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩
      13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 196 ↩
      14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 205 ↩
      15. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 196 ↩
      16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 205 ↩
      17. Trout, Robert J. Galloping Thunder: The Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion (Stackpole Books: 2002), p. 626 ↩
      18. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55: More research is needed to find the exact date. ↩
      19. Trout, Robert J. Galloping Thunder: The Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion (Stackpole Books: 2002), p. 631 ↩
      20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 406 ↩
      21. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 54-55 ↩

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