2nd Rockbridge Battery

Descendants Association

Organized by the conversion of 1st Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment, to artillery service on September 28, 1861, per S.O. #165, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. Reorganized on May 1, 1862. Commander: John Miller (Captain). Captains: John A. M. Lusk and William K. Donald.

Armament

  • August/September, 1862: two 6-lb. Smoothbores, one 3-inch Ordnance Rifle, one 10-lb. Parrott

  • July, 1863: four 3-inch Ordanance Rifles

  • December, 1864: three 24-lb. Howitzers

Assignments

  • November-December 1861: E. Johnson's Brigade, Army of the Northwest

  • March-May 1862: Artillery, Army of the Northwest

  • May-June 1862: Artillery Battalion, Ewell's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia

  • September 1862-February 1863: Artillery Battalion, Jackson's Division, 2nd Corps, Department of Northern Virginia

  • February-June 1863: Hardaway's-McIntosh's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

  • June-July 1863: McIntosh's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

  • July 1863-April 1865: McIntosh's Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Battles

Camp Alleghany, West Virginia - December 13, 1861
Shenandoah Valley Campaign - May/June 1862
Strasburg - June 1, 1862
Cross Keys - June 8, 1862
Fredericksburg - December 13, 1862
Chancellorsville - May 1/4, 1863
Gettysburg - July 1/3, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign - October 1863
Bristoe Station - October 14, 1863
Mine Run Campaign - November/December 1863
The Wilderness - May 5/6, 1864
Spotsylvania Court House - May 8/21, 1864
North Anna - May 23/26, 1864
Cold Harbor - June 1/3, 1864
Petersburg Siege - June 1864/April 1865
The Crater - July 30, 1864
Petersburg Final Assault - April 2, 1865
Appomattox Court House - April 9, 1865

Surrendered at Appomattox Court House - April 9, 1865

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