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Muster In: Organized on May 18, 1858. Called into service on May 3, 1861.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Haskell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Haskell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
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- Weapons: 3 x 10-lb. Parrotts, 1 x 12-lb. Whitworth Rifle, 2 x 8-lb. Armstrong Rifles (December 28, 1864)5
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles[1oo. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 9-10]:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 9-10 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 9-10 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 9-10 ↩
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