Confederate Battery

Madison Light Artillery (LA)

"Moody's Battery"

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. George V. Moody

Arms:
2 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
2 24-pdr. Howitzer

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Longstreet's Corps Artillery
  Brigade - 2nd Battalion, Longstreet's Corps Artillery

Unit history

Also known as the Madison "Tips" (Tipperarys), this was a unit mostly made up of Irishmen.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 4; Wounded (WIA): 24;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks Into the Cornfield
Detail Map #8b: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #305: Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 8 AM to 16 Sep, 6 AM
Tablet #306: Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM

We have 9 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
--	Pvt	Bradley, John	KIA 09/17
--	Sgt	Buffington, Jonathan L.	WIA 09/17
--	Pvt	Cunningham, Michael	KIA 09/17
--	Lt	Gorey, John B.	KIA 09/17
--	Pvt	Lynch, John	AWOL 09/16
--	Pvt	McLaughlin, John	AWOL 09/17
--	Capt	Moody, George V.
--	Corp	Murphy, John	KIA 00/00
--	Pvt	White, Lewis	KIA 09/17

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