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Levi Virginia Artillery (Barr’s VA Battery)

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Muster In: Organized at Wytheville, VA on April 1, 1863.1
Muster Out: May 10, 18652

Commander(s):
Captain John W. Barr
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.3

Second Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.4

Third Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.5

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.6

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.7

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.8

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.9
  • Weapons:

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.10

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Crutchfield’s Artillery Brigade | Chaffin’s Bluff | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army (at least 1 section and Barr)11

  • Commander: Captain John W. Barr (March-April 1865)12,13
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: The men of this battery and Captain Barr might have been utilized as infantrymen or possibly manned heavy artillery in their short time southeast of Richmond at Chaffin’s Bluff.  More research is needed.14

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles15:

  • None found

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

      Sources:

      1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      3. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      4. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      5. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      6. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      7. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      8. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      9. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      10. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      11. Weaver, Jeffrey C. The Nottoway Artillery and Barr’s Battery, Virginia Light Artillery. H.E. Howard, 1994, pp. 126-127
      12. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
      13. Weaver, Jeffrey C. The Nottoway Artillery and Barr’s Battery, Virginia Light Artillery. H.E. Howard, 1994, pp. 126-127
      14. Weaver, Jeffrey C. The Nottoway Artillery and Barr’s Battery, Virginia Light Artillery. H.E. Howard, 1994, pp. 126-127
      15. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 45
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