Virginia: Giles Light Artillery Battery
(aka McComas Artillery and Pearlsburg Reserves)
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Unit History
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Organized by the detachment of Company B, Wise Legion, in early 1862.
Armed with four 12-lb. Napoleans on December 28, 1864.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: David Alexander French (Captain)
- Captain: Alexander Martin
Assignments
- January-February 1862: Artillery Battalion, Floyd's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2
- February 1862: Artillery Battalion, Floyd's Division, Fort Donelson, Department #2
- December 1862-April 1863: Stark's Artillery Battalion, Wise's Brigade, Elzey's Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- April-September 1863: Stark's Artillery Battalion, Wise's Brigade, Department of Richmond
- September-October 1863: Stark's Artillery Battalion, Hunton's Command, Department of Richmond
- December 1863-May 1864: Stark's Light Artillery Battalion, Chaffin's Farm, Department of Richmond
- May-October 1864: Stark's Light Artillery Battalion, Chaffin's Farm, Artillery Defenses, Department of Richmond
- October 1864-February 1865: Stark's Battalion, Artillery, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- March-April 1865: Stark's Battalion, Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Companies & Counties of Origin
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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements
- Fort Donelson (February 12-16, 1862)
- Blake's Farm, near Deep Bottom, James River (August 6, 1863)
- Petersburg Siege (JUne 1864-April 1865)
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- Chaffin's Farm (September 29, 1864)
- Fort Gilmer (September 29-30, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
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Other Unit Info
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