Danville Artillery
Danville Artillery | |
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Commanders | |
1st | Captain Lindsay M. Shumaker |
2nd | Captain George W. Wooding |
3rd and Final | Captain R. Sidney Rice, Captain Berryman Z. Price |
Insignia | |
Army of Northern Virginia Battle Flag |
The Danville Artillery was a
Formed originally in
Reorganized on April 21, 1862, with Captain George W. Wooding as its commander, the battery first fought under Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley. After the Valley Campaign, the battery followed Jackson through another year of battles.
Following the Battle of Sharpsburg, the ranks of the battery were revitalized when the men and equipment of the disbanded Eighth Star New Market Artillery joined the ranks. Following the reorganization, the battery was in action again at Fredericksburg, where Captain Wooding was killed, and up to Stonewall Jackson's last great tactical feat at Chancellorsville.
Under the command of Robert S. Rice, the battery continued to suffer heavier casualties with each battle as the war continued. The battery took an active part in the campaigns of the army from the
At Gettysburg, the Danville Artillery was the first battery on the left with McIntosh's Artillery Battalion, Colonel
On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 4
It reported 1 killed and 3 wounded at
The current Danville Artillery Battery has been in existence since the summer of 2003, and is composed of 3
Monuments and Markers
Danville Artillery (Rice's Company) Markers at Gettysburg National Military Park, located on Confederate Avenue, near the present-day Pennsylvania Army National Guard armory, on both sides of the road.
See also
References
- Moore, Robert H. II, The Danville, Eighth Star New Market and Dixie Artillery, H. E. Howard, December 1989, ISBN 978-0-930919-72-6
- Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army, Olde Soldier Books Inc, June 1987, ISBN 978-0-942211-53-5