Fredericksburg Battery

Descendants Association

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

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

The Fredericksburg Battery was organized on January 19, 1861 (Robert E. Lee's 54th birthday) with 37 members and mustered into service on April 23, 1861. The battery had been under arms for nearly one year before leaving the vicinity of its hometown in April of 1862 and its first action was at Eacho's Farm on May 24, 1862. The Seven Day Battles around Richmond was the first major engagement on three different fields in which the battery participated.

Soldier's Notes

Fredericksburg Artillery

Descendants Roll Call

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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

The Association of Citizen Historians

of the United States

Telling Their Story ... A Young Man

Embraces His Confederate Heritage

Ordering Service & Pension Records

National Archives

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