Virginia: Richmond Howitzers Artillery Battalion, 1st Company
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Unit History
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Organized at Richmond on November 9, 1859.
Enlisted on April 21, 1861.
Reorganized in May 1862.
Armed with two 10-lb. Parrotts and two 6-lb. Smoothbores in August and September 1862.
Armed with two 3-inch Rifles and two 12-lb. Napoleons on July 1-3, 1863.
One section armed with two 12-lb. Napoleons on May 10, 1864.
Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleons in December 1864.
Captured as part of Walker's column on April 8, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: John Camden Shields (Captain)
- Captain: William P. Palmer, Edward S. McCarthy, and Robert M. Anderson
Assignments
- July 1861: Bonham's Brigade, Army of the Potomac
- July-August 1861: Bonham's Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
- January-February 1862: Artillery, Forces at Dumfries (D.H. Hill's Command), Potomac Division, Department of Northern Virginia
- April-May 1862: Griffith's Brigade, McLaws' Division, Magruder's Command, Department of Northern Virginia
- May 1862: Griffith's Brigade, Magruder's Division, Department of Northern Virginia
- June-July 1862: Griffith's Brigade, Magruder's Division, Magruder's Command, Army of Northern Virginia
- July-September 1862: Griffith's-Barksdale's Brigade, McLaws' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1862-July 1863: Artillery Battalion, McLaws' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- July-September 1863: Cabell's Battalion, Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1863-March 1864: Cabell's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia
- March 1864-April 1865: Cabell's Battalion, Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements
- Blackburn's Ford (July 18, 1861)
- 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
- Yortown Siege (April-May 1862)
- Williamsburg skirmish (May 4, 1862)
- Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
- South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
- Antietam (September 17, 1862)
- Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
- Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
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- Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
- Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)
- The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
- Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
- North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
- Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
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