Notes: w = served in the west; x = did not complete organization Pennsylvania Light Artillery Knap’s Artillery Battalion•Keystone Battery 1st Light Artillery Regiment: Battery A•Battery B•Battery C•Battery D•Battery E•Battery F•Battery G•Battery H•Battery I Independent Ligh...
Unit history timelines of the infantry, cavalry, sharpshooters, field artillery and heavy artillery that served in the eastern theater. Confederate States Armies Organization of the Confederate armies in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War for each month, including their leaders and their unit compo...
The Convoy departed 'on time' at 0600 Hours with at least 26 Jeeps (M151s), 13 of the¾ton Trucks (M-37s) and our original three once brand new 2-1/2 ton Trucks (M-35s). (SNAFU).The Padlock Keys for the brand new beautiful Brass Padlocks on the Battery Boxes were not supp...
Finding of Fact: On May 7, the troops of the Southwest Battalion from the Kansas Border, under Lieutenant Colonel Bowen, arrived at Camp Jackson. This included the trained gunners of the Missouri/St. Louis Light Artillery (aka Captain Jackson’s Battery). Finding of Fact: On the May 9, C...
The Men of Battery H: An Enhanced Roster of Battery H First Ohio Light Artillery By Jerry Devol, Edward C. Browne, Jr. and Kathleen Jones. Hardcover. 396 pgs. Lulu. Raleigh. N.C. 2011 David Frakes Day, Civil War Hero and Notorious Frontier Newspaperman David F. Day. Co. D. 57th...
Field artillery in the American Civil War refers to the important artillery weapons, equipment, and practices used by the Artillery branch to support the infantry and cavalry forces in the field. It does not include siege artillery, use of artillery in fixed fortifications, or coastal or naval ...
Rebel artillery and marksmen were able to deploy on the banks without opposition, keeping the tinclads under constant fire. To make matters worse, the river, which should have been rising at that time of year, was falling instead. The ships began to snag or run aground, requiring men to ...
Pindall's battalion drove in the Federal skirmish line and led Parson's brigade in the assault on "Battery C" atop Graveyard Hill, pinning down the artillery crews with their fire. Once the brigade charged forward, it quickly overcame the defenders and drove them into Helena. The brigade enj...
Marker “Simonson’s Battery” Starkweather’s Hill (cannon in front) Marker for the 42nd Indiana Marker “Artillery Duel at Loomis Heights” Fearless guide Darryl Smith on Friday’s tour A roadside stop onFriday’s tour “Sermon on the Mount” Friday night ...
Once I went up and sat down in the rear of a battery of light artillery to watch the effect of the firing, and the Capt. drove me off with terrible oaths. But I went around a small farm house and crept back again, and saw the grapeshot scatter the “rebs.” And so I went on ...