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1st Rockbridge Artillery

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60: 26: 452: 447: 462: 457: 267:. In October 1862 the 1st Rockbridge Artillery was detached from the brigade, and from that point in the war would be part of corps artillery battalions. The battery fought in the 360:, who had gone to Manassas to watch the battle, during the Union retreat. In the aftermath of the battle, the battery received captured Union cannon. 210: 316:
took command of the battery in late April after McCausland was transferred to command another unit. The battery was initially equipped with two
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from VMI and two guns from Richmond. Pendleton named the first four guns "Matthew", "Mark", "Luke", and "John", after the
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On 18 July, the battery moved east with the Stonewall Brigade to link up with Confederate general
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The seventy men of the 1st Rockbridge Artillery were organized in April 1861 by
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Pendelton's Battery, McLaughlin's Battery, Poague's Battery, Graham's Battery
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on 21 July. The battery provided artillery support for the brigade in the
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia
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The 1st Rockbridge Artillery were organized as part of the
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Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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Confederate States of America
Confederate States Army
Artillery
Battery
field guns
American Civil War
First Battle of Manassas
First Battle of Kernstown
Battle of Port Republic
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Appomattox Court House
William N. Pendleton
William T. Poague
light artillery
battery
Confederate States Army
American Civil War
Stonewall Brigade
Lexington, Virginia
Rockbridge County
First Battle of Manassas
Henry House Hill
First Battle of Kernstown

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