2nd Rockbridge Artillery

Descendants Association

Participants in the Breakthrough Battle at Petersburg on April 2, 1865

Fought on or near the present day grounds of Pamplin Historical Park

Organized by the conversion of 1st Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment, to artillery service on September 28, 1861, per S.O. #165, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. Reorganized on May 1, 1862. Commander: John Miller (Captain). Captains: John A. M. Lusk and William K. Donald.

Armament

August/September, 1862: two 6-lb. Smoothbores, one 3-inch Ordnance Rifle, one 10-lb. Parrott

July, 1863: four 3-inch Ordanance Rifles

December, 1864: three 24-lb. Howitzers

Assignments

November-December 1861: E. Johnson's Brigade, Army of the Northwest

March-May 1862: Artillery, Army of the Northwest

May-June 1862: Artillery Battalion, Ewell's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia

September 1862-February 1863: Artillery Battalion, Jackson's Division, 2nd Corps, Department of Northern Virginia

February-June 1863: Hardaway's-McIntosh's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

June-July 1863: McIntosh's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

July 1863-April 1865: McIntosh's Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Battles

Camp Alleghany, West Virginia - December 13, 1861
Shenandoah Valley Campaign - May/June 1862
Strasburg - June 1, 1862
Cross Keys - June 8, 1862
Fredericksburg - December 13, 1862
Chancellorsville - May 1/4, 1863
Gettysburg - July 1/3, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign - October 1863
Bristoe Station - October 14, 1863
Mine Run Campaign - November/December 1863
The Wilderness - May 5/6, 1864
Spotsylvania Court House - May 8/21, 1864
North Anna - May 23/26, 1864
Cold Harbor - June 1/3, 1864
Petersburg Siege - June 1864/April 1865
The Crater - July 30, 1864
Petersburg Final Assault - April 2, 1865
Appomattox Court House - April 9, 1865

Surrendered at Appomattox Court House - April 9, 1865

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Soldier's Notes

2nd Rockbridge Artillery

Descendants Roll Call

Important Links

Two Brothers: One North, One South

by David H. Jones

The Final Battles of the Petersburg

Campaign by A. Wilson Greene

Pamplin Historical Park & National

Museum of the Civil War Soldier

Ordering Service & Pension Records

National Archives

Telling Their Story ... A Young Man

Embraces His Confederate Heritage

The Association of Citizen Historians

of the United States

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