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Confederate Artillery

CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY AT FIRST BULL RUN *

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC: Brig .Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard

Col. S. Jones, Chief of Artillery

Alexandria Light Artillery: Captain Delaware Kemper

  • Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841

1st Company, Richmond Howitzers: Captain J.C. Shields

  • Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841

1st Company, Washington Artillery of New Orleans: Lt. T.L. Rosser

  • Four 12-pdr Field Howitzers

2nd Company, Washington Artillery: Captain M.B. Miller

  • Two 6-pdr Guns, M1841

3rd Company, Washington Artillery: Lt. J.J. Garnett

  • One 6-pdr (3″) Rifle

  • One 6-pdr Gun, M1841

4th Company, Washington Artillery: Lt. Charles W. Squires

  • Three 6-pdr Guns, M1841

  • Two 6-pdr (3″) Rifles: Lt. J.B. Richardson

Loudoun (Leesburg) Artillery: Captain Arthur L. Rogers

  • Two 6-pdr Guns, M1841

  • Two 6-pdr Guns, M1841: Lt. Henry Heaton

Lynchburg Artillery: Captain H. Grey Latham

  • Two 6-pdr Guns, M1841

  • Two 6-pdr Guns, M1841: Lts. Geo. S. Davidson/C. Leftwich

Purcell Artillery: Captain Reuben Lindsey Walker

  • Six 10-pdr Parrott Rifles

ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH: General Joseph E. Johnston

Col. W. N. Pendleton – Chief of Artillery

Rockbridge Artillery: Captain J.P. Brockenbrough

  • One12-pdr Field Howitzer, M1841

  • One 6-pdr Gun, M1841

  • Two Light 6-pdr “Cadet” Guns

Staunton Artillery: Captain John D. Imboden

  • Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841

Wise Artillery: Capt. E.G. Albertis (Lt. John Pelham)

  • Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841

Culpeper Artillery (King & Queen Baty.): Lt. R.F. Beckham

  • Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841

Thomas Artillery: Captain Philip B. Stanard

  • Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841  

* Thanks to NPS Museum Specialist Jim Burgess for providing the basis for this page

5 Responses to “Confederate Artillery”

  1. my great great grand dad was john benjamin richardson

  2. John B.Richardson of the Washington Artillery? Cool. Do you have any info you’d like to share about his experience at Bull Run (or otherwise, for that matter)? I know he was not in charge of a battery there,but I’m guessing he was present.

  3. all i know is he was on a ahorse that got killed and was made captain of the 2nd battery in may of 1862

  4. he had two 2.75 in rifled wentworth s at burnside brige and slowed the yanks advace

  5. at gettysburg his wentworths guns told pickett to start the ill feated chacge and he was in 21 battles from 1861 till 1865

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