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Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. George W. Wooding
Arms:
1 10-pdr. Parrott
1 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
This Battery's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of Northern Virginia
Corps - Jackson's Command
Division - Jackson's Division
Brigade - Jackson's Division Artillery
Unit history
The Danville Artillery entered Confederate service April 22, 1861 under the command of Capt Lindsay M Shumaker (later Battalion leader). When they were reorganized on April 21, 1862, Captain George W. Wooding was elected Captain.1
On the Sharpsburg Campaign
The battery was posted with at least 4 others on Nicodemus Heights by the morning of 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
Statistics
Initial Strength: 64; Killed in Action (KIA): 1; Wounded (WIA): 13; Missing in Action (MIA): 1;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 23.4%
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #314: Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM
Tablet #381: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 16 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 7 PM
Tablet #315: Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #382: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #382, cont: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
After the Sharpsburg Campaign
Men and equipment from the disbanded Eighth Star New Market Artillery were added to the Battery in the ANV Artillery reorganization of October 1862.1
References & Notes
Sharpsburg armament from Johnson & Anderson.2. Carman (Box 2, Antietam Studies) has their guns as 2 10-pounder Parrots, 1 3-inch Ordnance rifle, and 1 Napoleon.
We have 4 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Sgt | Keesee, George William | MWIA 09/17 |  |
| -- | Corp | Keesee, Peyton Clay | WIA/POW 09/17 |  |
| -- | Pvt | Wells, John H. | KIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Capt | Wooding, George Washington | |
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1 Moore, Robert H. II, Danville, Eighth Star, New Market, and Dixie Artillery, Appomattox: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989 [AotW citation 236]
2 Johnson, Curt, and Richard C. Anderson, Artillery Hell: Employment of Artillery at Antietam, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1995, pg. 95 [AotW citation 21867]