Unit

Confederate Battery

Courtney (VA) Artillery

"Latimer's Battery"

The Napoleons remained with men of the battery at Harpers Ferry. The rifles, which had been obtained at Harpers Ferry, were at Sharpsburg, afternoon of September 17th.

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

In the Antietam Campaign:
The battery was only one section of two guns at Sharpsburg. They arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 17th from Harpers Ferry.

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Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Capt	Latimer, Joseph White

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