Confederate Battery

Washington (LA) Artillery, 4th Company

"Eshleman's Battery"

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. B. F. Eshleman

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

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #8: Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford (10 am-1 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 6 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name
--	Pvt	Babcock, O. S.
--	Pvt	Baker, Henry H.
--	Capt	Eshleman, Benjamin Franklin
--	Pvt	Hufft, Bernard
--	Pvt	Humphrey, George W.
--	Pvt	Lavery, Peter J.

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