1st Rockbridge Artillery
| 1st Rockbridge Artillery | |
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field guns | |
| Nickname(s) | Pendelton's Battery, McLaughlin's Battery, Poague's Battery, Graham's Battery |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
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The 1st Rockbridge Artillery was a
battery in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
.
The 1st Rockbridge Artillery were organized as part of the
Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865.[1]
History
Formation
The seventy men of the 1st Rockbridge Artillery were organized in April 1861 by
Thomas J. Jackson's Virginia brigade, which was later called the Stonewall Brigade.[1]
First Manassas
On 18 July, the battery moved east with the Stonewall Brigade to link up with Confederate general
First Battle of Manassas, Pendleton's Battery was among the Confederate batteries defending the key position of the battle, Henry House Hill. The battery was visited by Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who had gone to Manassas to watch the battle, during the Union retreat. In the aftermath of the battle, the battery received captured Union cannon.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Atkinson, Matt (19 November 2015). "First Rockbridge Artillery". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- Driver, Robert J. Jr. The 1st and 2nd Rockbridge Artillery, The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. Lynchburg, Virginia.: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1987.
Further reading
- Moore, Edward A. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson. New York and Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. Reprint, Time-Life Books, Inc., 1983.