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Muster In: Organized in Petersburg on April 25, 1843. Enlisted in 4th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Militia) on April 19, 1861. Reorganized as horse artillery in May 1862.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain Edward Graham
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Captain Edward Graham (June 15, 1864)4
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: 2 x 12 lb Napoleons (1 section) (at Baylor’s Farm, June 15, 1864) (lost 1 Napoleon captured on June 15)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6
- Commander: Captain Edward Graham7
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8
- Commander: Captain Edward Graham9
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Breathed’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army10
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Chew’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army11,12
- Commander: Captain Edward Graham13
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- Note: This battery typically operated with Dearing’s Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.14
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Chew’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army15
- Commander: Captain Edward Graham16
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- Note: This battery typically operated with Dearing’s Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. (need source, probably on an inspection)
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Chew’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army17,18
- Commander: Captain Edward Graham (November & December 1864)19,20
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Howitzer, 2 x 3-inch Rifles (December 28, 1864)21
- Note: This battery typically operated with Dearing’s Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. (need source)
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Chew’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army22,23,24
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- Note: This battery typically operated with Dearing’s Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.27
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Chew’s Artillery Battalion | Horse Artillery | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army28
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles29:
- Petersburg (June 9, 1864)
- Skirmish on City Point Road near Jordan’s Farm (June 13, 1864)30
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Second Battle of Petersburg (at least June 15, 1864)31
- Battle of Baylor’s Farm (June 15, 1864)32
- Skirmish at Black and Whites (June 23, 1864) (one section of two guns)33
- Peebles’ Farm (September 29-October 2, 1864)
- Harman Road (October 2, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: March 20, 1865
- Confederate Casualties at Burgess Mill by Bryce Suderow
- NP: July 14, 1864 Macon Daily Telegraph: Dearing’s Brigade at the Battle of Blacks and Whites, June 23, 1864
- NP: June 11, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports: The Attack on Petersburg
- NP: June 13, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Another Exciting Day, June 9, 1864
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 13
- NP: June 15, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 9: Not “Like A Rotten Branch”
- NP: June 18, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: From the Petersburg Express, June 16
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Battle of June 15 From the Petersburg Express
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The June 9, 1864 First Battle of Petersburg From the Petersburg Express
- NP: June 9, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 7: Thermopylae At Petersburg
- NP: October 3, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Left Wing, Poplar Springs Church, September 29
- NP: September 27, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 29: When Endurance Was Heroic
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Confederate Cavalry
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Epilogue and Order of Battle
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 62-63 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 62-63 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- “Rebel Accounts of Affairs at Petersburg.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), June 20, 1864, p. 1, col. 5 AND p. 8, col. 1 ↩
- “From the Front.” Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, GA), June 19, 1864, p. 2, col. 2-3, originally printed in The Daily Express (Petersburg, VA), June 16, 1864, page and column(s) unknown. ↩
- 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 123 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 133 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 141 ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1310. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 141 ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1310. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 62-63 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1178: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there. They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave. I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 187 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 187 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1273: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865. However, leaders listed are from January. I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 62-63 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 62-63 ↩
- “From the Front.” The Daily Express (Petersburg, VA). June 14, 1864, p. 2 col. 3 ↩
- “From the Front.” Daily Constitutionalist(Augusta, GA), June 19, 1864, p. 2, col. 2-3, originally printed in The Daily Express (Petersburg, VA), June 16, 1864, page and column(s) unknown. ↩
- “From the Front.” Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, GA), June 19, 1864, p. 2, col. 2-3, originally printed in The Daily Express (Petersburg, VA), June 16, 1864, page and column(s) unknown. ↩
- “Defeat of Wilson’s Raiders.” Macon Daily Telegraph & Confederate (Macon, GA). July 14, 1864, p. 2 col.4-5 ↩