Unit

Confederate Battery

Chesapeake (MD) Artillery

Commanding Officer:
Capt. William D. Brown

Arms:
  2   10-pdr. Parrott
  1   3-in. Ordnance Rifle

Battlefield Tablet for this Unit:
   Tablet #326: Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - Ewell's Division
  Brigade - Ewell's Division Artillery

History of the Unit:
4th Artillery Company [also called Chesapeake Battery] was organized at Richmond, Virginia, during the spring of 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
The battery was at Harpers Ferry through at least September 17, 1862, and did not participate at Sharpsburg.

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Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Capt	Brown, William Dawson

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