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
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