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Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
2Lt David R Barton
Arms:
2 12-pdr. howitzer
1 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
(the battery possibly had 2 of the Ordnance Rifles)
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
Wilfred E. Cutshaw raised the Jackson Artillery, also known as the Winchester Light Artillery, in Frederick County, Virginia in mid-March 1862. During its brief existence, Cutshaw's Battery participated in the 1862 Valley Campaign, the Seven Days fighting, and the Maryland Campaign.
On the Sharpsburg Campaign
The battery was present with the command at Harpers Ferry on 14-15 September, but was not engaged there. A gun of the battery was in action at the southern end of the Confederate line along the Harpers Ferry Road on the afternoon of 17 September at Sharpsburg.
Battlefield Tablet for this Unit
Tablet #355: Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia - 16 Sep, 12 PM to 18 Sep, 6 AM
After the Sharpsburg Campaign
After Sharpsburg, the battery's depleted condition necessitated its consolidation with the Alleghany Artillery (Special Orders of Oct 2, 1862), and it ceased to exist as a unit.
We have 2 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Lt | Barton, David Rittenhouse |  | |
| -- | Capt | Cutshaw, Wilfred Emory |  |
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1 Johnson, Curt, and Richard C. Anderson, Artillery Hell: Employment of Artillery at Antietam, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1995 [AotW citation 30439]
2 Rosebrock, James A., Artillery of Antietam: the Union and Confederate Batteries at the Battle of Antietam, Sharpburg: The Press of the Antietam Institute, 2023, pp. 304, 309 [AotW citation 30440]