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   Armament:

Originally the battalion was armed with four guns on 20 December 1861 it was later assigned as Company A, 11th Georgia Artillery Battalion on 22 May 1862.  Next it was armed with three 10-lb. Parrotts, two 12-lb. Howitzers, and one 12-lb. Napoleon for August-September 1862.  Later the battalion was armed with three 10-Ib. Parrotts, one 12-lb. Howitzer, and one 3" Navy Parrott on 1-3 July 1863 and with four 12-lb. Napoleons and two 10-lb. Parrotts on 28 December 1864.

Unit Assignments:

 The first Commander: Allen S. Cutts (Captain)

Reserve Artillery, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia, (November 1861-March 1862)

Reserve Artillery Army of Northern Virginia, (March-May 1862)

Reserve Artillery Army of Northern Virginia, (May 1862-May 1863)

R. H. Anderson's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May-July 1863)

3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July 1863­April 1865)

The battalion was captured as part of General Walker's artillery column on 8 April 1865.

Battles:

Dranesville (20 December 1861)

Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)

Seven Days Battles (25 June-1 July 1862)

Antietam (17 September 1862)

Fredericksburg (13 December 1862)

Chancellorsville (14 May 1863)

Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863)

Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)

Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)

The Wilderness (5-6 May 1864)

Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864)

North Anna (23-26 May 1864)

Cold Harbor (1-3 June 1864)

Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April I865)

The Crater (30 July 1864)

Appomattox Campaign (March-April 1865)

References and further reading:

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army

Derry, Joseph T., Confederate Military History, Volume 7, Georgia Extended Edition

Jones, Charles E, Georgia in the War, 1861-1866

Sifakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Georgia

Speicher, James L., The Sumter Artillery: The Story of the 11th Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery, Civil War Regiments, Volume 3, Number 2

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