Confederate Battery

Wise (VA) Artillery

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. James S. Brown

Arms:
4 Artillery of Unknown Type(s)

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

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

Captain Brown was wounded while in command of the Battery at Sharpsburg.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 81; Killed in Action (KIA): 1; Wounded (WIA): 4; Missing in Action (MIA): 1;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 7.4%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #7: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #322: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #368: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #377: Wise Artillery, D.R. Jones' Division - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

This battery was disbanded by Special Order on October 4, 1862.

We have one individual in the AotW database who was on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Capt	Brown, James S.	WIA/POW 09/17

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