Virginia: Pittsylvania Artillery Battery
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Unit History
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Organized for three years or the war in Pittsylvania County on April 3, 1862.
Intended to be assigned to the 1st (Fitzgerald's) Confederate Artillery Regiment, which failed to complete its organization.
Armed with two 3-inch Rifles and two 10-lb. Parrotts in September 1862.
Armed with two 3-inch Rifles and two 12-lb. Parrotts on July 1-3, 1863.
Armed with two 3-inch Rifles and two 10-lb. Parrotts on December 28, 1864.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
*NOTE: This battery is alleged to have fired the last artillery round of the Army of Northern Virginia*
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Benjamin H. Motley (Captain)
- Captain: John W. Lewis and Nathan Penick
Assignments
- September 1862-June 1863: Artillery Battalion, R.H. Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- June-July 1863: Artillery Battalion, Heth's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- July 1863-September 1864: Garnett's-Richardson's Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1864-April 1865: Poague's Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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