Confederate Battery

Washington (LA) Artillery, 1st Company

"Squire's Battery"

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. C. W. Squires

Arms:
2 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
2 10-pdr. Parrott

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Longstreet's Corps Artillery
  Brigade - 1st Battalion, Longstreet's Corps Artillery

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 1; Wounded (WIA): 12;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #11: Sykes' Regulars Advance from the Middle Bridge (noon-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #307: Washington Artillery, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 8 AM to 16 Sep, 6 AM
Tablet #368: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #366: 2nd, 20th, and 50th Georgia Infantry - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
Tablet #308: Washington Artillery, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM

We have 10 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
--	Pvt	Chambers, Charles	WIA 09/17
--	Pvt	Deacon, Columbus W.
--	Pvt	Fowler, F. H.	WIA 09/17
--	Pvt	Harby, J. R.	WIA 09/17
--	Sgt	Judd, G. M.	KIA 09/17
--	Pvt	Krafts, John
--	Pvt	McCutcheon, J. B.	WIA/POW 09/17
--	Corp	Michell, P. A. J.	WIA 09/17
--	Pvt	Muntinger, Johann	MWIA 09/17
--	Capt	Squires, Charles Winder

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