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Muster In: Organized on July 8, 1861.1
Muster Out: This unit was “apparently consolidated with other batteries of Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion some time in late 1864.”2
Commander(s):
Captain William A. Tanner
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion | Carter’s Artillery Division | Artillery Defenses | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion | Carter’s Artillery Division | Artillery Defenses | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army4
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion | Carter’s Artillery Division | Artillery Defenses | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Captain William A. Tanner 6
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion | Carter’s Artillery Division | Artillery Defenses | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army (August 1-7, 1864)7
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- Note: Cutshaw’s Battalion left to join Early in the Shenandoah Valley on August 7, 1864.8
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles9:
- None listed.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 66-67 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 66-67 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 117 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 117 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 127 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 127 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 136 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 136 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 66-67 ↩