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Confederate BatteryLouisiana Guard Artillery"D'Aquin's Battery"Organized: New Orleans, LA; mustered in Late 1861 Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Courthouse, VA 4/9/1865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commanding Officer: Capt. Louis E. D'Aquin | Statistics for Maryland Campaign Initial Strength: not known Killed in Action (KIA): 1 Wounded (WIA): 8 Arms: 1 10-pdr. Parrott 2 3-in. Ordnance Rifle Map Showing this Unit: Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods Battlefield Tablets for this Unit: Tablet #314: Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM Tablet #326: Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM Tablet #315: Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM This Battery's Chain of Command: Army - Army of Northern Virginia Corps - Jackson's Command Division - Ewell's Division Brigade - Hays' Brigade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 History of the Unit: The unit was originally organized at New Orleans as the Louisiana Guard, Company B of the First Louisiana Infantry, but was made an independent artillery battery during the Winter of 1861. It's first Captain was Louis E. D'Aquin. After duty in the Department of Norfolk in early 1862, It served through the War with the Army of Northern Virgina, surrendering at Appomattox with 17 men present. In the Antietam Campaign: The battery was attached to Hays Brigade on the Campaign, and served on the northern part of the battlefield at Sharpsburg, along Hauser's Ridge. The remainder of the War: Captain D'Aquin was killed in action near Fredericksburg, Va, on 13 Deccember 1862, and relieved in command by Captain Charles Thompson. Capt Thompson was killed in action near WInchester, Va, on 15 June 1863. By Gettysburg the battery was under the command of Capt. Charles A. Green.
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