Letcher 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

 

Organized in Richmond on February 17, 1862.

Commander: Greenlee Davidson (Captain)
Captain: Thomas A. Brander


Armed from June 26 to July 1, 1862, with two 3-inch Rifles, two 6-lb. Smoothbores, and two 12-lb. Howitzers.
From July 1-3, 1863, armed with two 12-lb. Napoleons and two 10-lb. Parrotts.
On December 28, 1864, the armament comprised four 12-lb. Napoleons.

June 1862: Artillery Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
June-July 1862: Artillery Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
July 1862: Gregg's Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
August 1862-May 1863: Artillery Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
May-July 1863: Pegram's Battalion Reserve Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
July 1863-April 1865: Pegram's Battalion Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Battles

Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862)
Frayser's Farm (June 30, 1862)
Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862)
Warrenton Springs (August 23, 1862)
2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
Chantilly (September 1, 1862)
Harpers Ferry (September 12-15, 1862)
Antietam (September 17, 1862)
Sheperdstown Ford (September 20, 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)
Ream's Station (June 29, 1864)
The Crater (July 30, 1864)
Weldon Railroad (August 18-21, 1864)
Reams' Station (August 25, 1864)
Squirrel Level Road (September 30, 1864)
Jones' Farm (September 30, 1864)
Pegram's Farm (October 1, 1864)
Squirrel Level Road (October 8, 1864)
Burgess' Mill (October 27, 1864)
Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865)
Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)
Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
Petersburg Final Assault (April 2, 1865)
Appomattox Station (April 8, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

 

Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

 

Letcher Battery

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

 

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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