13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery was formed late in 1863 with three companies that did not always serve together. These were Company A - Otey's-Walker's Battery; Company B - Ringgold Light Artillery; and Company C - Davidson's-Chamberlyne's Battery. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel John Floyd King, and Majors Wade H. Gibbes and William M. Owen.
The Otey Light Artillery was organized at Richmond, Virginia in March of 1862 and became part of the 13th Battalion Virginia Artillery, but for some time operated as an independent command. Assigned to John Floyd King's Battalion, the unit served in western Virginia and sustained 14 casualties during operations in the Kanawha Valley. In December, the battery roster consisted of 3 officers and 69 men and was attached to the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee. Later it participated in the Knoxville Campaign before being ordered to join the Army of Northern Virginia. It was assigned to W. H. Gibbes' Battalion, took part in the defense of Petersburg, and ended the war at Appomattox as infantry. Captains G. Gaston Otey and David N. Walker commanded the company.
Sgt. John Henry Beeton
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The Otey Light Artillery
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