The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson: In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern VirginiaMoore, Edward Alexander
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The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson: In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia
Moore, Edward Alexander
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Rockbridge Battery, 1st; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Moore, Edward Alexander, 1842-; Soldiers -- Virginia -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Perso
*Walker, James S.; enlisted July 23, 1861; transferred to Carpenter's
battery.
*Walker, John W.; enlisted July 23, 1861; transferred to Carpenter's
battery.
Whitt, Algernon S.; enlisted August 8, 1861; corporal; paroled at
Appomattox.
*White, William H.; paroled at Appomattox.
Williams, John J.; enlisted July 15, 1861; transferred to Chew's
battery.
*Williamson, Thomas; wounded at Gettysburg; escaped at Appomattox with
the cavalry.
*Williamson, William G.; enlisted July 5, 1861; captain of engineers.
*Wilson, Calvin.
*Wilson, John; enlisted July 22, 1861; prisoner after Gettysburg; took
the oath.
*Wiseman, William; enlisted March 10, 1862.
*Wilson, Samuel A.; enlisted March 3, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg;
captured; died in prison.
*Wilson, William M.; enlisted August 12, 1861; corporal.
Winston, Robert B.; enlisted August 25, 1861.
*Withrow, John; paroled at Appomattox.
*Woody, Henry; transferred from infantry, 1864; deserted.
*Wright, John W.; enlisted 1864; wounded and disabled at Spottsylvania
Court House.
Young, Charles E.; enlisted March 17, 1862.
The Rockbridge Artillery took part in the following engagements:
Hainesville, July 2, 1861.
First Manassas, July 21, 1861.
Kernstown, March 23, 1862.
Winchester, May 25, 1862.
Charlestown, May, 1862.
Port Republic, June 8 and 9, 1862.
White Oak Swamp, June 30, and Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862.
Cedar Run, August 9, 1862.
Second Manassas, August 28, 29 and 30, 1862.
Harper's Ferry, September 15, 1862.
Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862.
First Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.
Second Fredericksburg, May 2 and 3, 1863.
Winchester, June 14, 1863.
Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863.
Rappahannock Bridge, November 9, 1863.
Mine Run, November 27, 1863.
Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864.
Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.
Deep Bottom, July 27, 1864.
New Market Heights, September, 1864.
Fort Gilmore, 1864.
Cumberland Church, April 7, 1865.
The battery saw much service in fighting gunboats on James River, and
took part in many skirmishes not mentioned.
The number of men, enrolled as above, is three hundred and five (305),
of whom one hundred and seventy-three (173) were from the county of
Rockbridge. Of the remainder, a large part were students, college
graduates, University of Virginia men, and some divinity students.
These, with the sturdy men from among the farmers and business men of
Rockbridge, made up a company admirably fitted for the artillery
service.
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