(13th Battalion, Company B, Virginia Light Artillery)
Participated in the Breakthrough Battle at Petersburg on April 2, 1865
Fought on or near the present day grounds of Pamplin Historical Park
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.
On February 15, 1862, an orderly sergeant from the Danville Artillery, Timothy H. Stamps, was selected to raise a battery of artillery to be named for the adjoining town of Ringgold. Stamps was elected Captain; the other officers were First Lieutenants Crispin Dickenson, a local medical doctor, and Clack Stone. The second lieutenants were William Pleasant Robinson, an 1861 V.M.I. graduate, and Achilles Whitlocke Hoge, a former member of the 20th Virginia Infantry.
Barney Lawless has written a book, My Two, My Only Sons, which records the letters of Achillies Whilocke Hoge and his brother Moses J. Hoge, both members of the Ringgold Battery, from the field to their home. The letters and papers of the brothers were packed away by Barney's great grandmother, then passed in turn to his grandmother and his mother. Barney discovered them when his mother died. The book is $20. plus $3.00 shipping & handling.
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Soldier's Notes
Ringgold 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
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The Association of Citizen Historians of the United States |
Telling Their Story ... A Young Man Embraces His Confederate Heritage
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Ordering Service & Pension Records National Archives |
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