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Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. W. T. Poague
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
1 Napoleon
One 6-pounder gun had been detached from the battery
at Martinsburg, later sent to Williamsport
with elements of Brown's Reserve Artillery Battalion.
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 1st Rockbridge Artillery was organized in Rockbridge County, Virginia, on April 12, 1861. Mustered into state service at Staunton, Rockbridge County, on April 29, 1861. Mustered into Confederate service on May 11, 1861. The battery was attached to the 1st Virginia Artillery Regiment and later to the 1st Virginia Artillery battalion.
The first commander of the Battery was Captain John A. McCausland. Later commanders were Captains William M. Pendleton, William McLaughlin, William T. Poague, and Archibald Graham
Statistics
Initial Strength: not known; Wounded (WIA): 6;
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)
Detail Map #2: Hood's Division Retakes Miller's Cornfield (7-8 am)
Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 am)
Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods (9am-noon)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)
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
We have 8 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Lt | Brown, William Morton | WIA 09/17 |  |
| -- | Pvt | Conner, James Allen | WIA 09/17 |  |
| -- | Pvt | Effinger, William Henry | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Hitner, John Kennedy | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Lee, Jr, Robert Edward | | |
| -- | Pvt | Moore, Edward Alexander | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Moore, Jr., Samuel R. | MWIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Capt | Poague, William Thomas | |
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