Virginia Wise Battalion Artillery (Confederate)
4/19/61
Organized - Virginia Wise Battalion Artillery - Virginia
7/21/61
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis S. Bartow
ColonelFrancis S. Bartow
7/21/61
Battle - First Bull Run - Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
One of earliest battles of the Civil War, it introduced Americans to the idea that this would likely not be a short conflict and blood would be shed:READ MORE
6/27/62
Battle - Gaines' Mill - Hanover County, Virginia
Despite his victory over the Confederates at Beaver Dam Creek on June 26th, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's Fifth Corps abandoned its position early on June 27th and established a new defensive line along Boatswain's Creek, just north of the Chickahominy River.READ MORE
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George T. Anderson
ColonelGeorge T. Anderson
8/28/62
Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia
After the early summer collapse of the Union Peninsula Campaign offensive to capture Richmond, Robert E. Lee sought to move his army north and threaten Washington DC before Union forces could regroup.READ MORE
9/12/62
Battle - Harpers Ferry - Jefferson County, West Virginia; Loudoun County, Virginia; Washington County, Maryland
As General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia advanced into Maryland in the fall of 1862, Lee made plans to capture the vital Union garrison at Harpers Ferry in the rear of his invading army. Although Maj. Gen. George McClellan's Army of the Potomac was in pursuit, in a bold maneuver Lee divided his army, sending three columns under Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson to Harpers Ferry while the rest of the army marched towards Hagerstown, Maryland. Surrounded on three sides by steep heights, the terrai…READ MORE
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain James S. Brown
CaptainJames S. Brown
10/4/62
Mustered Out - Virginia Wise Battalion Artillery - Virginia
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