Unit

Confederate Battery

Sumter (GA) Artillery, Battery E

"Irwin Artillery, Lane's Battery"

Commanding Officer:
Capt. John Lane

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: not known
  Wounded (WIA): 2

Arms:
  3   10-pdr. Parrott

Identified as naval Parrotts

  1   Whitworth
  2   Artillery of Unknown Type(s)

Battlefield Tablet for this Unit:
   Tablet #355: Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia - 16 Sep, 12 PM to 18 Sep, 6 AM

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - Jackson's Corps Reserve Artillery
  Brigade - Cutts' Sumter (GA) Artillery Battalion

In the Antietam Campaign:
Also known as the Irwin Artillery, they were present at Sharpsburg, but probably in reserve and not engaged on September 17th.

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Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Capt	Lane, John

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