Confederate Battery

Richmond 'Orange' (VA) Artillery

"Peyton's Battery"

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. T. Jefferson Peyton
Lt. Charles W. Fry

Arms:
  1   3-in. Ordnance Rifle
  1   12-pdr. howitzer
  3   6-pdr. Gun

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

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Wounded (WIA): 8;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #11: Sykes' Regulars Advance from the Middle Bridge (noon-4 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)
Detail Map #15: The Charge of the 7th Maine at Piper's Farm (5-5:30 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #355: Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia - 16 Sep, 12 PM to 18 Sep, 6 AM
Tablet #316: Jones' Battalion, Reserve Artillery - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 7 PM

We have 4 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
--	Lt	Fry, Charles William
--	Pvt	Gillespie, John Nathaniel	WIA 09/17
--	Pvt	Harrison, William Henry	WIA 09/17
--	Capt	Peyton, Thomas Jefferson

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