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Ellis North Carolina Artillery (Manly’s NC Battery)

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Note: This unit was also known as Company A, 1st North Carolina Artillery.

Muster In: Organized in April 1861.1
Muster Out: Guns were buried and men dispersed without being paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.2

Commander(s):
Captain Basil C. Manly
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Lieutenant Bernard B. Guion
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

  • Commander:
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons, 2 x 3-in Rifles( June 1863-December 28, 1864)4

Second Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5

  • Commander: Captain Basil C. Manly6
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons, 2 x 3-in Rifles( June 1863-December 28, 1864)7

Third Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8

  • Commander:
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons, 2 x 3-in Rifles( June 1863-December 28, 1864)9

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army10

  • Commander: Captain Basil C. Manly11
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons, 2 x 3-in Rifles( June 1863-December 28, 1864)12

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13,14

  • Commander:
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons, 2 x 3-in Rifles( June 1863-December 28, 1864)15

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army16

  • Commander: Captain Basil C. Manly17
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons, 2 x 3-in Rifles( June 1863-December 28, 1864)18

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army19,20

  • Commander:
    • Captain Basil C. Manly (November & December 1864)21,22
    • Lieutenant Bernard B. Guion (November 1864)23
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons, 2 x 3-in Rifles( June 1863-December 28, 1864)24

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army25,26,27

  • Commander: None listed. (January & February 1865)28,29
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army30,31

  • Commander: None listed. (March – April 2, 1865)32,33
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles34:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7 ↩
    2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7 ↩
    3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
    4. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7: Sifakis lists this battery as having 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons and 2 x 3-in Rifles from June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  The unit had this setup in June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  What is unclear is if Sifakis can correctly assume this setup never changed at any point in between those dates.  More research is needed. ↩
    5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
    6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
    7. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7: Sifakis lists this battery as having 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons and 2 x 3-in Rifles from June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  The unit had this setup in June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  What is unclear is if Sifakis can correctly assume this setup never changed at any point in between those dates.  More research is needed. ↩
    8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 120 ↩
    9. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7: Sifakis lists this battery as having 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons and 2 x 3-in Rifles from June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  The unit had this setup in June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  What is unclear is if Sifakis can correctly assume this setup never changed at any point in between those dates.  More research is needed. ↩
    10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 129 ↩
    11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 129 ↩
    12. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7: Sifakis lists this battery as having 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons and 2 x 3-in Rifles from June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  The unit had this setup in June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  What is unclear is if Sifakis can correctly assume this setup never changed at any point in between those dates.  More research is needed. ↩
    13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 138 ↩
    14. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1311. ↩
    15. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7: Sifakis lists this battery as having 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons and 2 x 3-in Rifles from June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  The unit had this setup in June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  What is unclear is if Sifakis can correctly assume this setup never changed at any point in between those dates.  More research is needed. ↩
    16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 147 ↩
    17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 147 ↩
    18. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7: Sifakis lists this battery as having 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons and 2 x 3-in Rifles from June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  The unit had this setup in June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  What is unclear is if Sifakis can correctly assume this setup never changed at any point in between those dates.  More research is needed. ↩
    19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 155 ↩
    20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 163 ↩
    21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 155 ↩
    22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 163 ↩
    23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 155 ↩
    24. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7: Sifakis lists this battery as having 2 x 12-lb. Napoleons and 2 x 3-in Rifles from June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  The unit had this setup in June 1863 to December 28, 1864.  What is unclear is if Sifakis can correctly assume this setup never changed at any point in between those dates.  More research is needed. ↩
    25. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 172 ↩
    26. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1176: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there.  They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave.  I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
    27. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 182 ↩
    28. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 172 ↩
    29. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 182 ↩
    30. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 191 ↩
    31. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 201 ↩
    32. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 191 ↩
    33. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 201 ↩
    34. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 6-7 ↩

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    • bobby oneal talton August 5, 2019, 9:02 am

      Jasper s. Atkinson of Johnston Co. NC. (Co.A — Manly’s Batallion) was wounded in face at Gettysburg. See Needam Whitley family bible held at Library in Goldsboro, NC. Jasper’s three brother-in-laws (H.H. Whitley – Reuben Whitley @ Burrell Whitley) were in Bethel regiment — 1st NC Regt. Co. A. Bethel regt. in action at Spangler Springs on 3rd day at Gettysburg. Manly’s battalion busy at other end of Confederate line (Longstreet).
      Jasper buried at Corinth Baptist church, Johnston Co. NC. next to his wife Katie (Whitley) Atkinson.

      B. O’Neal Talton
      Beaufort, NC

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