Virginia: Nelson Light Artillery Battery
(aka Nelson Artillery, Company B and Nelson Artillery, No. 2)
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Unit History
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Organized for the war in Nelson County on August 1, 1861.
Mustered into Confederate service on August 31, 1861.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: James Henry Rives (Captain)
Assignments
- January-March 1862: Unattached, Forces near Dumfries (Whiting's) Command, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
- June-July 1862: Wise's Brigade, Department of Northern Virginia
- July-September 1862: 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- July 1863-March 1865: Lightfoot's Light Artillery, Richmond Defenses, Department of Richmond
- April 1865: Lightfoot's Battalion, Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Companies & Counties of Origin
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