Unit

Confederate Regiment

Jeff Davis (AL) Artillery

"Bondurant's Battery"
Organized: Selma, AL; mustered in 5/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out on 4/1865

Commanding Officer:
Capt. J. W. Bondurant

Arms:
  2   3-in. Ordnance Rifle
  2   12-pdr. Howitzer

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #8a: Sykes' Regulars Begin Advance on Sharpsburg
   Detail Map #8b: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #384: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 14 Sep, 10 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
   Tablet #332: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 14 Sep, 10 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
   Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #333: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 1 PM
   Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
   Tablet #385: D. H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - D. H. Hill's Division
  Brigade - D. H. Hill's Division Artillery

In the Antietam Campaign:
The battery went into action about noon on September 17th on Piper's Farm, near the Sunken Road position, with only two guns in service [which?]. One of those two pieces was reported 'dismounted' and a caisson was lost in that combat.

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Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Capt	Bondurant, James William

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