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Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Maj. A. R. Courtney
Members of Interest:
ASurg William S. Parran, KIA 9/17
This Brigade's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of Northern Virginia
Corps - Jackson's Command
Division - Ewell's Division
Units which make up this Brigade:
1st Maryland Battery
Chesapeake (MD) Artillery
Courtney (VA) Artillery
Johnson's Bedford (VA) Artillery
Staunton (VA) Artillery (Balthis' Battery)
On the Sharpsburg Campaign
"The Charlottesville Artillery, left at Richmond in August, did not rejoin the Army till after the battle of Sharpsburg. John R. Johnson's [Bedford, Virginia] and D'Aquin's [Louisiana Guard - to Hays' Brigade] batteries were the only ones present with this division at Sharpsburg, the others having been left at Harper's Ferry and Shepherdstown".1
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
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 232]