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Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough
Arms:
1 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
1 Blakely
1 10-pdr. Parrott
1 12-pdr. howitzer
This Battery's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of Northern Virginia
Corps - Jackson's Command
Division - Jackson's Division
Brigade - Jackson's Division Artillery
On the Sharpsburg Campaign
According to a tablet on the battlefield at Antietam, the battery's single 12 pounder howitzer was of iron rather than the usual bronze, and was unique at the battle. Thanks to Richard Smith for posting the tablet photo to the Facebook All About Antietam group. There were at least two other iron 12-pounder howitzers (one US, one CS) at Sharpsburg, so it's not clear what was unique about Brockenbrough's.
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Pike
Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #314: Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM
Tablet #381: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 16 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 7 PM
Tablet #315: Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #382: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #382, cont: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
More on the Web
The battlefield monument to the battery is online from the Antietam National Battlefield Park.
We have one individual who was on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Capt | Brockenbrough, John Bowyer |  |
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