Confederate Artillery Defenses on the James
3 February 18651
Intermediate Line
Location of Work Guns
Petersburg Turnpike 1 6pdr gun
1 10pdr Parrott
1 12pdr howitzer
Petersburg Railroad 1 6pdr gun
1 8" army shell gun
Between Broad Rock & 1 12pdr gun
Petersburg Railroad
Broad Rock 3 6pdr guns
1 12pdr howitzer
1 12pdr gun
Inner Line
Battery 17 2 32pdr Barbette guns
Battery 15 1 12pdr boat howitzer
2 6pdr guns
1 12pdr gun
Battery 14 1 8" naval shell gun
1 32pdr gun
3 6pdr guns
Intermediate Line
Canal Battery 1 24pdr howitzer
1 6pdr gun
River Road 1 24pdr howitzer
1 6pdr gun
Plank Road 1 6pdr gun
2 24pdr siege guns
1 20pdr Parrott
Grove Road 2 6pdr guns
Deep Run Road 1 24pdr howitzer
1 6pdr gun
1 12pdr howitzer
1 24pdr siege gun
Fredericksburg Railroad 2 24pdr siege guns
Mill Road 2 6pdr guns
1 8" shell gun
Brook Road 1 24pdr howitzer
1 24pdr siege gun
2 32pdr siege guns
1 32pdr naval rifle
1 8" shell gun
1 12pdr James Rifle
1 12pdr howitzer
1 24pdr Coehorn mortar
1 24pdr gun
1st Redoubt 1 32pdr barbette gun
2nd Redoubt 2 32pdr barbette guns
Mitchell Tract Road 1 24pdr howitzer
1 32pdr siege gun
Meadow Bridge Road 1 12pdr James Rifle
1 32pdr siege gun
1 6pdr gun
1 10pdr Parrott
1 24pdr howitzer
lst Battery on Right 1 32pdr Barbette Rifle
1 32pdr siege gun
2nd Battery on Right 2 Coehorn mortars
Inner Line
Battery 10 2 32pdr barbette guns
(On Deep Run Road)
Battery 9 2 32pdr barbette guns
(Near Brook Road)
Battery 8 1 6pdr gun
Battery 7 1 32pdr gun
Battery 6 1 32pdr gun
5 6pdr guns
(Order of Battle From the George Nafziger Collection)2
Source:
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government
Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1880-1901 ↩ - George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection ↩