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Alleghany Virginia Artillery (Carpenter’s VA Battery)

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Note: This unit was also known as the “Alleghany Roughs.”

Muster In: Organized by the conversion of Company A, 27th Virginia to artillery service circa November 1861.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Lieutenant William Early (section only)
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.3

Second Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.4

Third Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.5

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.6

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.7

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.8

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.9
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons (December 1864)10

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.11

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Braxton’s Battalion | Second Corps Artillery | Second Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army12,13,14

  • Commander:
    • No battery commander listed. (March & April 1-2, 1865)15,16
    • Lieutenant William Early (section only)(killed in early April)(March & April 1-2, 1865)17,18
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: This battery appears to have been present at the Battle of Waynesboro on March 2, 1865 in the Shenandoah Valley. Wise’s Long Arm of Lee and Freeman’s Lee’s Lieutenants both indicate Braxton’s Battalion returned to Petersburg under Colonel Thomas H. Carter in late January or early February 1865, but only the officers and men, without cannon.  The battalion was in Richmond by at least March 7, 1865. They seem to have been attached to the Department of Richmond to help man heavy artillery.19

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles20:

  • Waynesborough (March 2, 1865)(?)21
  • Petersburg Siege (from March 1865)(June 1864-April 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)(at least 1 section)22
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)(?)23

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

      Sources:

      1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      3. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      4. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      5. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      6. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      7. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      8. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      9. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      10. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      11. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      12. Greene, A. Wilson. The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion. Knoxville: U of Tennessee, 2008, p. 386 ↩
      13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 197 ↩
      14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 206 ↩
      15. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 197 ↩
      16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 206 ↩
      17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 197 ↩
      18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 206 ↩
      19.  Bohannon, Keith S. The Giles, Alleghany and Jackson Artillery (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 52 ↩
      20. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 15-17 ↩
      21.  Bohannon, Keith S. The Giles, Alleghany and Jackson Artillery (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 52: “Clarence Fonerden’s Brief History states that this transfer (to Petersburg) occurred following the disastrous battle of Waynesboro on March 2, 1865. No other source suggests that the Roughs participated in “Old Jube’s” last battle. ↩
      22.  Bohannon, Keith S. The Giles, Alleghany and Jackson Artillery (H.E. Howard: 1990), pp. 53-55 ↩
      23.  Bohannon, Keith S. The Giles, Alleghany and Jackson Artillery (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 55: “The Rough Battery apparently ceased to exist following Five Forks…” ↩

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