Unit

Confederate Battery

Madison Light Artillery (LA)

"Moody's Battery"

Commanding Officer:
Capt. George V. Moody

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: not known
  Killed in Action (KIA): 4
  Wounded (WIA): 24

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

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #3: Mansfield's XII 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

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

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

We have 2 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Lt	Gorey, John B.	KIA 09/17
--	Capt	Moody, George V

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