Warrenton Battery

Descendants Association

Organized for three years or the war in Fauquier County on March 10, 1862. Reorganized on April 16, 1862. Assisigned as 1st Company A, 12th Artillery Battalion, on May 15, 1862, per S.O. #112, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. However, it soon became an independent battery again.

Commander: James Vass Brooke (Captain)
Captain: Addison W. Utterback

September 1862-February 1863: Brown's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia
February-June 1863: Brown's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
July 1863-April 1865: Poague's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

 

August and September 1862

Armed with one 12-lb. Howitzer, one 12-lb. Napoleon, and two 6-lb. Smoothbores

July 1-3, 1863

Armed with two 12-lb. Howitzers and two 12-lb. Napoleons

December 28, 1864

Armed with two 12-lb. Napoleons

Battles

Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Falling Waters (July 14, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign (October 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)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Warrenton Battery

Descendants Roll Call

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