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Muster In: Organized September 3, 1861.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain James N. Lamkin
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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
- Commander: Captain James N. Lamkin5
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles7:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 18-19 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 18-19 ↩
- 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 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 18-19: This battery was organized into a mortar battalion during the Siege of Petersburg. The 26 mortars were of various calibers. For more details, see “Artillery Experiences at Petersburg and Elsewhere,” by Joseph W. Eggleson in Chapter 10 of Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard and His Fellow Veterans. More research is needed to accurately detail all of the various calibers used by this time. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 18-19 ↩
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