Unit

Confederate Battery

Johnson's Bedford (VA) Artillery

"Johnson's Battery"

Commanding Officer:
Capt. John R. Johnson

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: 108
  Killed in Action (KIA): 1
  Wounded (WIA): 10
  Losses, % of Initial Strength: 10.2%

Arms:
  2   12-pdr. Howitzer
  1   6-pdr. Gun

(weapon mix possibly 1 12-lb Howitzer and 2 6-lb guns)

Map Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #1: Hookers I Corps' Sweeps Down the Pike

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

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - Ewell's Division
  Brigade - Ewell's Division Artillery

In the Antietam Campaign:
John R. Johnson's and D'Aquin's batteries were the only ones present with this division at Sharpsburg, the others having been left at Harper's Ferry and Shepherdstown.1

Notes

1 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Vol. 19/Part 1 (Ser #27), pg. 807 [AotW citation 264]

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