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Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. R. Boyce
Arms:
6 Artillery of Unknown Type(s)
Smoothbores. Probably 6-pounders or combination of
6-pounders and 12-pounder howitzers
This Battery's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of Northern Virginia
Corps - Longstreet's Command
Brigade - Evans' (Independent) Brigade
Unit history
Organized during the Summer of 1861 (29 August 1861), with men recruited initially from Union and later from the Berkeley District, SC; sent to Virginia in mid-July 1862.
Served through the war, generally attached to General Nathan Evans' Independent Brigade.
On the Sharpsburg Campaign
In his after-action Report General D.H. Hill described them at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862:
Affairs looked very critical. I found a battery concealed in a corn-field, and ordered it to move out and open upon the Yankee columns. This proved to be Boyce's South Carolina battery. It moved out most gallantly, although exposed to a terrible direct and reverse fire from the long-range Yankee artillery across the Antietam. A caisson exploded, but the battery unlimbered, and with grape and canister drove the Yankees back.The battery had 2 guns disabled in combat and operated 4 guns to about noon on the 17th, afterwards 2 guns, probably due to too few men to man 4.
Statistics
Initial Strength: 115; Killed in Action (KIA): 2; Wounded (WIA): 17;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 16.5%
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #6: French's Division Hits the Sunken Road (9-10 am)
Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)
Detail Map #11: Sykes' Regulars Advance from the Middle Bridge (noon-4 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #312: Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #313: Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
References & Notes
Basic data from Stewart Sifakis' Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia(1995).
We have 11 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Capt | Boyce, Robert |  | |
| -- | Sgt | Dawkins, Thomas Elijah | KIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Eison, Isaac | | |
| -- | Sgt | Glenn, Barney T. | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Lt | Jeter, Berry Argivis |  | |
| -- | Pvt | Lyles, John Belton | | |
| -- | Pvt | Miller, Burr Napoleon | MWIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Lt | Porter, Starke W. | | |
| -- | Pvt | Rogers, James | KIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Lt | Scaife, Hazel Furman | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Shirley, Jr., Elihu Duke | MWIA 09/17 | |
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