Camp Pickens, Army of the Potomac

Captain R A Hardaway, Independent Alabama Volunteers

Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry

Battalion Heavy Artillery

Mustered in Confederate service for the war 21, 23, 24, June, and for one year dated 1 July, 1861. Arrived at Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, between 5 May and 13 July, 1861. Stationed within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 21 July 1861

COLONEL S JONES
S Jones was appointed lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general, Provisional Army of Virginia, at Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 8 May, 1861, and was assigned to command the Battalion Heavy Artillery at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, was appointed colonel, Confederate States Army, on 8 July, 1861, and chief of artillery and ordnance, Army of the Potomac, by General Orders No.41, Paragraph II, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 17 July, 1861.

Unlettered Company Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry: CAPT. R A Hardaway
The company was accepted in state service for the war at Hatchechubbee, Russell County, Alabama, on 1 June, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for the war, as infantry, at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 21 June, 1861. The company was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Potomac, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Note: Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, was assigned to command Batteries A, B, and C within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Assignment within entrenched naval batteries, 13 July, 1861: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was assigned to Batteries A and C, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of Commander F Chatard, Confederate States Navy, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861 (See the Entrenched Naval Batteries).

Unlettered Company North Sumter Rifles: Capt. A S Van de Graaf
The company was accepted in Confederate service for the war at Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, on 26 May, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 23 June, 1861. The company was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Assignment within entrenched naval batteries, 13 July, 1861: The North Sumter Rifles was assigned to Batteries D and G, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of First Lieutenant W A Webb, Confederate States Navy, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph II, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, on 13 July, 1861, and a detachment of the North Sumter Rifles and the Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) (29) was assigned to Battery I, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of First Lieutenant J Valentine, Confederate States Army, by Special Orders No.111, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861 (See the Entrenched Naval Batteries).

Note: First Lieutenant J Valentine, Confederate States Army, was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.43, Headquarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 17 June, 1861.

Unlettered Company Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys): Capt. G V Moody
The company was accepted in Confederate service for the war at New Carthage, Madison Parish, Louisiana, on 23 May, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for the war as infantry at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 23 June, 1861. The company was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Assignment within entrenched naval batteries, 13 July, 1861: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was assigned to Batteries N and P within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of First Lieutenant J W Bennett, Confederate States Navy, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph IV, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, on 13 July, 1861, and a detachment of the Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) and the North Sumter Rifles (29) was assigned to Battery I, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of First Lieutenant J Valentine, Confederate States Army, by Special Orders No.111, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861 (See the Entrenched Naval Batteries).

Note: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was stationed at Battery N, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 7 September, 1861.

Unlettered Company Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery: CAPT. T B TRIPLETT
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 22 April, 1861, and was mustered in state service for one year by Major G W Brent, Virginia Volunteers, on 25 April, 1861. The company was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Assignment within entrenched naval batteries, 13 July, 1861: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery was assigned to Batteries R and S, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of First Lieutenant L Lyne, Provisional Navy of Virginia, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph III, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861 (See the Entrenched Naval Batteries).

Note: Assistant Gunner W King, Lynchburg Artillery, was assigned to command one 32 pounder within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 21 July, 1861 (See the Lynchburg Artillery).

Unlettered Company Greene Rough and Readys: CAPT. ST CLair T DEANE
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, on 11 May, 1861, and was mustered in state service for one year at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, by Lieutenant Colonel A S Taylor, Provisional Army of Virginia, on 11 June, 1861. The company was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph VII, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861.

Assignment within entrenched naval batteries, 13 July, 1861: The Greene Rough and Readys was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery & Ordnance, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph VII, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861 (See the Entrenched Naval Batteries).

Unlettered Company 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County), Unlettered Company: CAPT. J G E Davis
The company arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 14 July, 1861, and was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.122, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 16 July, 1861. The company was allowed to return to Greene County, Virginia, on 27 July, 1861 (See the Virginia Militia).

Madison (Heavy) Artillery: Capt. G E Bouton
The company was mustered in state service for one year at Madison Courthouse, Madison County, Virginia, on 25 May 1861, and was stationed at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County Virginia, on 16 June, 1861. The company was mustered in Confederate service at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County Virginia, dated 1 July, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Yorktown, York County, Virginia, on 2 July, 1861. The company was stationed at Yorktown, York County, Virginia, on 17 July, 1861, and was assigned to the Naval Battery at Yorktown, York County, Virginia, under the command of Major General D H Hill, Confederate States Army, on 22 August, 1861. Second Lieutenant J J Fray, Madison (Heavy) Artillery, was appointed captain, Madison (Heavy) Artillery, on 21 May, 1862, and the company was assigned to the 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, Company L, at Chaffin's Bluff, Henrico County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.112, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 15 May, 1862. The company was disbanded and the men and horses assigned to the 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, Companies B and D, by Special Orders No.124, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 14 July, 1862.

Mobile Pulaski Rifles: CAPT. G Gorff
The company was accepted in Confederate service for the war at Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, on 2 June, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Mobile & Ohio Railraod to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, in the morning on 17 June, 1861. The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 22 June, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Virginia, under the temporary command of Captain R A Hardaway, Independent Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, on 1 July, 1861. The company (80) was stationed at the James River, east of the Reservoir/ Water Works and Hollywood Cemetery, Oregon Hill, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, between 11 and 19 July, 1861, and Captain G Gorff, Mobile Pulaski Rifles, was temporarily assigned to the 1st Special Battalion Louisiana Infantry on 21 July, 1861. His resignation was accepted by Special Orders No.121, Paragraph I, Adjutant & Inspectors General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 12 August, 1861, dated 5 August, 1861 (See the 1st Special Battalion Louisiana Infantry).

Note: Information on the Mobile Pulaski Rifles was supplied by Julie Nichols at Broadfoot Publishing Company (See the Broadfoot Publishing Company).

Independent Alabama, Georgia, And Louisiana Battalion Volunteers

Acting Col. & Capt. R A Hardaway
Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry
Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, was temporarily assigned to command an Independent Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia Battalion Volunteers at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 28 June, 1861.

Alabama

Unlettered Company Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry: Second LT. J W Tullis
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 21 June, 1861.
Alabama Mobile Pulaski Rifles: Capt. G Gorff
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 22 June, 1861.
Unlettered Company North Sumter Rifles: Capt. A S Van De Graaf
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 23 June, 1861.
Unlettered Company Daniel Boone Rifles: Capt. A Covington
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 25 June, 1861 (See the 1st Texas Infantry).

Georgia

Unlettered Company Toombs Rangers: Capt. J D Waddell
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 1 July, 1861 (See the 20th Georgia Infantry).
Unlettered Company Floyd Sharpshooters: Capt. A S Hamilton
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 2 July, 1861 (See the 20th Georgia Infantry).

Louisiana

Unlettered Company Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys): Capt. G V Moody
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 23 June, 1861.
Unlettered Company Crescent Blues, Company B: Capt. McG Goodwyn
The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, by First Lieutenant C W Phifer, cavalry, Confederate States Army, on 8 June, 1861.

Note: H L Clay was appointed major, adjutant general's department, Confederate States Army, on 16 March, 1861, and was assigned to Lieutenant Colonel E K Smith, cavalry, Confederate States Army, at Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.34, Paragraph II, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, on 24 April, 1861. Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, was assigned to command at Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 24 June, 1861 (See the Fifth Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah).

Fifth Alabama Battalion Infantry (Formerly Eighth Alabama Battalion Infantry)

Lieut. Col. F B Shepherd

Company A North Sumter Rifles: Capt. A S Van de Graaf
The company was accepted in Confederate service for the war at Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, 26 May, 1861, and was assigned to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company A, at Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Virginia, on 24 January, 1862. Captain A S Van de Graaf, 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company A, was appointed major, 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, on 26 June, 1862, and First Lieutenant W Ritter, 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company A, was appointed captain, 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company A, on 4 September, 1862.
Company B Calhoun Sharpshooters: Capt. T B Bush
The company was accepted in Confederate service for the war at Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, on 13 August, 1861, dated 19 August, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, by Second Lieutenant W R Bullock, infantry, Confederate States Army, on 26 August, 1861. The company was assigned to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company B, at Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Virginia, on 24 January, 1862.
Note: T Bush was appointed second lieutenant, infantry, Confederate States Army, at Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, on 21 May, 1861.
Company C White Plains Rangers: Capt. E T Smyth
The company was accepted in Confederate service for the war at White Plains, Calhoun County, Alabama, on 3 September, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for the war on 9 September, 1861. The company was assigned to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company C, at Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Virginia, on 24 January, 1862.
Company D Daniel Boone Rifles: Capt. A Covington
The company was accepted in Confederate service for the war at Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, on 25 May, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.59, Paragraph VII, Adjutant & Inspectors General's Office, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, on 10 June, 1861, dated 25 May, 1861. The company was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 25 June, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.249, Paragraph IV, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 13 August, 1861. The company was temporarily assigned to the 1st Texas Infantry, Company K (1st), by Special Orders No.250, Paragraph I, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 14 August, 1861, and to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company D, on 12 March, 1862 .The company was disbanded, under the command of Captain C M Hooper, by Special Orders No.122, Paragraph II, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 23 May, 1863 (See the 1st Texas Infantry).
Note: Second Lieutenant C M Hooper, 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company D, was appointed captain, 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company D, on 13 September, 1862.
Company E Howell Guards: Capt. G W Parkhill
The company was accepted in Confederate service for three years at Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, on 20 August, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service for three years on 21 August, 1861, dated 13 May, 1861. The company was ordered to Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 27 August, 1861, and arrived at Rocketts Old Fields, southeast of Rocketts, two miles southeast of the Capitol, Capitol Hill, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 2 September, 1861. The company was ordered to proceed by the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad to Evansport, on the Potomac River, three and a half miles east of Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.162, Adjutant & Inspectors General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 27 September, 1861, and arrived at Brooke's Station, Stafford County, Virginia, in the evening the same day. The company was ordered to Evansport, on the Potomac River, three and a half miles east of Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, in the morning on 28 September, 1861, and arrived at 4 PM the same day. The company was stationed at the old Shipping Point Battery, Shipping Point, at the junction of Quantico Creek and Potomac River, three and a half miles east of Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, between 28 September, 1861, and 7 March, 1862, and was temporarily assigned to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H H Walker, on 18 April, 1862. The company was assigned to the 2nd Florida Infantry, Company M, under the command of Colonel E A Perry, 2nd Florida Infantry, two miles south of Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 20 June, 1862.
Note: The Howell Guards was temporarily assigned to the 55th Virginia Infantry, Unlettered Company, between 18 April and 20 June, 1862.
Company F Alexander's Heavy Artillery: Capt. J F Alexander
The company was accepted/ mustered in Confederate service for two years/ the war at Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, by Major & Acting Inspector General W H Ker, Confederate States Army, on 13 March, 1862, and was assigned to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Unlettered Company, between 1 May on 10 June, 1862. The company was assigned to the 55th Virginia Infantry, Company M, on 10 June, 1862.
Note: J F Alexander was appointed first lieutenant, Fredericksburg Artillery, under the command of Captain T A Curtis, at Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on 23 April, 1861, and was on special duty at the naval batteries at Aquia Creek Landing, Game Point, junction of Aquia Creek and Potomac River, Stafford County, Virginia, on 31 August, 1861. First Lieutenant J F Alexander, Fredericksburg Artillery, was appointed captain, Alexander's Heavy Artillery, between 25 March and 1 May, 1862.

Organisation of 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, 26 June, 1862: Major A S Van de Graaf; Company A, North Sumter Rifles, First Lieutenant J M Winston; Company B, Calhoun Sharpshooters, Captain T B Bush; Company C, White Plain Rangers, Captain V B Burton; Company D, Daniel Boone Rifles, Captain A Covington

The 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry was organised at Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Virginia, under the temporary command of Lieutenant Colonel F B Shepherd, by Special Orders No.250, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 24 January, 1862, dated 2 December, 1861, and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, under the command of Captain W Ritter, on 9 April, 1865.

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"The 'Independent Light Infantry,' Captain R. A. Hardaway, will leave this city for the seat of war this afternoon. All who have joined, or who intend to join, must report themselves at the barracks before the time of departure, which is a quarter before 4 o'clock. The barracks are in Bank's building in this city."

Columbus Daily Enquirer (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 15 June, 1861 - Capt. Hardaway's Company

"The North Sumter Rifles have orders to march to Richmond. They go as an independent company, and will leave here on Monday morning for Scouba, which place they will leave the same evening at 6 o'clock."

Independent (Gainsville, Sumter County, Alabama), 15 June, 1861 - Our Volunteers

"This uncommonly fine body of men, in number about 100, left our city on Saturday for the seat of war, and we venture to say that when led on by their gallant Captain they will not stop to question the odds of any enemy they may meet."

Columbus Weekly Times (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 17 June, 1861 - Officers in the Independent Light Infantry

"The Alabama Gardes Lafayette and Mobile Pulaski Rifles too theor departure on Monday morning for Virginia."

New York Eveneing Express (New York City, New York County, New York), 21June, 1861

"A private dispatch from Capt. Hardaway on Saturday last, announces the arrival of the above company in Lynchburg, on the preceding Thursday."

Columbus Weekly Times (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 24 June, 1861 - Confederate Light Infantry in Lynchburg

"A dispatch was received on the 4th inst., by a gentleman in this city, stating that Capt. Hardaway had been ordered from Lynchburg to Manassas Junction."

Columbus Weekly Times (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 8 July, 1861 - Capt. R. A. Hardaway

"I leave here today in command of two Alabama and two Louisiana Companies to work heavy artillery at Manassas."

Columbus Weekly Times (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 8 July, 1861 - Saturday, Special July

"A dispatch from Capt. R. A. Hardaway, dated Manassas, 23d July, reports that his position was not attacked, and that all were well."

Columbus Daily Enquirer (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 25 June, 1861 - No loss in Capt. Hardaway's Company

"The 'Independent Light Infantry' have charge of 'A' and 'C' Batteries, and every man has been drilled until he knows his duty and how to discharge it."

"The tents of the 'Independent Light Infantry' are in about 100 yards of Gen. Beauregard's quarters, and one of the batteries within 50; the other 75 yards."

"Their batteries are under command of Col. Jones, an old Artillery officer, a gentleman as well as a soldier."

"Lieut. Wm. B. Hurt has been appointed Adjutant and makes a good one."

Weekly Sun (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 23 July, 1861 - From Capt. Hardaway's Company

"P. S. Judge Moore's Regiment is ordered and gone to Winchester. Capt. Van de Graff's Company fronm Gainesville is at Manassas Junction."

Alabama Beacon (Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama), 26 July, 1861 - Farr's X Roads, near Fairfax C. H., 15 July, 1861

"For some unaccountable reason or whim no one in the I. L. I. (I. L. I. when we left Columbus, but now Co. A, Artillery Battalion of Camp Pickens) has volunteered to do the correspondence of the whole."

Columbus Weekly Times (Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia), 19 August, 1861 - Manassas, 9 Aug.

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"For the first time an attempt was made to form us into a regiment. Two companies from Calhoun County, Ala., one from Mobile, and our company, making four, were organized into a battalion and was known as the Fifth Alabama Battalion of Infantry. Our old guns were exchanged for muskets. These muskets were old flint and steel guns of the Revolutionary War, and had been changed into percussion guns by removing the flints, plugging up the powder holes at the powder pans, and putting in tubes and hammers to match. Captain Vandegraaf of our company was made Major and put in command."

'We were soon to see actual fighting. An order was issued to our battalion to lay aside our muskets and take charge of some heavy guns in the earthen forts erected at Manassas. These forts were made of earth thrown up pretty high with openings at intervals for the thirty-two pound guns. These openings were thought to be well protected by bags filled with sand which were stacked up on either side of the embrasures. It was expected that these fortifications would be a protection for Gen. Beauregard's rear, and in case he was driven back this would afford a rallying point. Every day, twice a day, for hours at a time we were drilled to load and run these big guns out at the embrasures on trucks, fire, retire the guns, reload, etc., until we became proficient. This work, of course, became monotonous, but there was no let up, we were kept at it up till the time of the big battle. I was made captain of one of the gun crews and it was my duty to command them, sight and fire the cannon, have it mopped out, reload, etc."

War reminiscences of William F Fulton, 5th Alabama Battalion, Archer's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Light Division, by William Frierson Fulton, Jr.

"He commanded the heavy artillery at Manassas until evacuated, then assigned to light artillery."

History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, p1841, Volume 4, Hardaway, Robert Archelus, by Thomas McAdory Owen

"Assistant Adjutant General to Colonel G H Terrett - Captain Davis and his men are of Green(e) Co. Militia, and if wishing it, must be allowed to return to their homes, as all other members of the 155th Regiment Va. Militia. Capt. Davis says that those necessary for immediate Battery service will remain until their places can be supplied, which the others can be permitted to return home, and these are the Generals orders."

Letterbook A, Army of the Potomac, 21 June-31 July, 1861

"July 6 - Four companies left Lynchburg, Virginia on July 4, and arrived July 5 and were assigned to artillery service under Chief of Artillery. He has commanded batteries A, B, and C, in the entrenched camp at Manassas, since July 6. This company is attached to the garrison at Manassas as heavy artillery. The battalion or detachment is made up of two Virginia companies, which were received with less than the minimum number. One other full company from Alabama and Captain George Moody’s Louisiana Volunteers, the latter awaiting horses and guns, to go into light artillery. This detachment had been successively under Colonel (Samuel) Jones, Colonel Pendleton, and Captain Isaac (S.) Sterrett, Confederate Navy, who is permanent commandant of batteries in which guns from the Gosport Navy Yard, are mounted. Company officers have no commissions."
R. A. Hardaway,
Captain, Artillery, Alabama Volunteers

Supplement to the Official Records: Part II, Record of Events, Volume 1, Serial No.13: Record of events for Hurt's Battery, Alabama Artillery, June 1862-February 1865, edited by James B Hewett

"A few days after, his company was ordered to Lynchburg, and he retraced his steps to Virginia along with his comrades. In June, 'The Rifles' were regularly mustered into service, with A. S. Van de Graff as their captain, and not long after, were ordered to Sterrett's Battery at Manassas. Here the company remained until after the battle of July 21st, when it was stationed at Cock Pit Point. Subsequently it was organised with four other companies from Alabama into the 5th Alabama Battalion, and placed under the command of Captain B. W. Frobel."

The University memorial: Biographical sketches of alumni of the University of Virginia who fell in the Confederate War, five Volumes in one, by Rev John Lipscomb Johnson, B A

"He had the honor of holding a lieutenant's commission in the first company accepted by the Confederate government, Hardaway's battery, which he joined early in the spring of 1861, and immediately thereafter departed for the seat of war in Virginia, where he received his first baptism of fire in the bloody battle of Bull Run." John W Tullis

Memorial Record of Alabama: A concise account of the State's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, Volume 1, by Brant & Fuller

"I have been temporarily assigned to a detachment of Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia troops, amounting to about a regiment of men."

"II. The following companies of Volunteers have been selected for duty as artillerists in the Batteries of the entrenched camp at this place, and will be reported at once to Col S Jones, Chief of Artillery, to be assigned to service and placed in accordance with paragraphs V & VI Special orders, No.92 from these Hd Qrs of yesterday - namely - Capt R A Hardaway's Company Alabama Volunteers; Capt A S Van de Graaf's Company, North Sumter Alabama Volunteers; and Capt G V Moody's Company of Louisiana Volunteers."

"You can not appreciate the great physical and mental labor of watching a battle in full view for eight hours."

A Life in Letters: Lieutenant Colonel Robert A Hardaway in the Civil War and the New South, 28 April to 6 August, 1861

"After making thorough and careful inquiries from persons living at this place, I learn that only about eighteen pieces of heavy artillery were at any one time in position at Manassas Junction, which, when added to the eight in the large fort at Centreville, makes twenty-six."

A History of the United States Secret Service, by L C Baker

"Met with an old schoolmate toady. Wm Fulton of Sumter Co. Ala. a member of Capt Vandegraf's company stationed at Manassas."

Voices from Company D: Diaries by the Greensboro Guards, Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, by G Ward Hubbs

"With Beauregard's army were several companies of Pickens' heavy artillery, numbering 293 officers and men, who were also not engaged."

The long arm of Lee or the history of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia with a brief account of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, Volume I, by Jennings C Wise

Supplement to the Official Records: Part II, Record of Events, Volume 1, Serial No.13: Record of events for Fifth Battalion, Alabama Infantry, (Van de Graaff's Battalion; also called Eighth/Fifth Battalion and Archer's Brigade; served as Provost Guard, Third Alabama Cavalry), April 1861-February 1865, edited by James B Hewett

Supplement to the Official Records: Part II, Record of Events, Volume 23, Serial No.35: Record of events for Moody's Madison Light Artillery, June 1861-February 1865, edited by James B Hewett

John W. Bennett: The Confederate Veteran, Volume XI: Nashville, Tenn., January-December, 1903, p332

Confederate military history extended edition: A library of Confederate States history, in seventeen volumes, written by distinguished men of the South, edited by General Clement A Evans of Georgia

Heroes and martyrs of Georgia: Georgia's record in the revolution of 1861, Volume 1, by James M Folsom

For home and honour: The story of Madison County, Virginia, during the War between the States 1861-1865, by Harold R Woodward, Jr.

Notes

The Battalion Heavy Artillery was organised at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery & Ordnance, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No. 92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Evacuation of Alexandria to Springfield/ Manassas Junction, Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, 5 May, 1861: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A S Taylor, infantry, Provisional Army of Virginia, was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Springfield Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 5 May, 1861, and was accompanied by the Alexandria Riflemen, the Warren Rifles, the Mount Vernon Guards, the Prince William Rifles, the Emmett Guards, the Old Dominion Rifles, the Washington's Home Guards/ Fairfax Cavalry, the Border Guards/ Fairfax Cavalry, and the Alexandria Artillery (See the 17th Virginia Infantry).

Morning report of Alexandria Battalion of Virginia Volunteers, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, 6 May, 1861: Major C Boyle, Virginia Volunteers; Adjutant & Second Lieutenant G L Whittington, Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery; Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery (48), detached duty/absent (3), Captain T Triplett

Note: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery was stationed at Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, in the morning on 6 May, 1861.

Organisation of Independent Alabama, Louisiana, & Georgia Battalion Volunteers, Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, 2 July, 1861: Acting Colonel & Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry; ALABAMA Mobile Pulaski Rifles, Captain G Gorff; Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, Second Lieutenant J W Tullis; North Sumter Rifles, Captain A S Van de Graaf; Daniel Boone Rifles, Captain A Covington; LOUISIANA Crescent Blues, Company B, Captain McG Goodwyn; Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys), Captain G V Moody; GEORGIA Toombs Rangers, Captain J D Waddell; Floyd Sharpshooters, Captain A S Hamilton

Note: Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, was temporarily assigned to command an Independent Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia Battalion Volunteers at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 28 June, 1861, and First Lieutenant W B Hurt, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, was appointed first lieutenant and adjutant, Independent Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia Battalion Volunteers between 28 June and 5 July, 1861. Adjutant & First Lieutenant W B Hurt, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, was appointed first lieutenant and adjutant, Battalion Heavy Artillery, between 6 July, 1861, and 8 March, 1862.

Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, North Sumter Rifles & Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys), 4-5 July, 1861: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, the North Sumter Rifles, and the Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys), under the command of Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, were ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 4 July, 1861, and were accompanied by the Crescent Blues, Company B. Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, the North Sumter Rifles, and the Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861 (See Schaeffer's Battalion Infantry).

Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, 5 July, 1861: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery and three companies of Alabama and Louisiana Volunteers, under the command of Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, were assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, North Sumter Rifles & Madison Artillery / Tips (Tipperarys), 6 July, 1861: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, the North Sumter Rifles, and the Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) were assigned to the Battalion of Artillery within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Note: The Crescent Blues, Company B, was assigned to Schaeffer's Battalion Infantry at the Stone Bridge, on the Bull Run River, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph II, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861 (See Schaeffer's Battalion Infantry).

Organisation of Battalion Heavy Artillery, 6 July, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac; Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, Captain T B Triplett; Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, Captain R A Hardwawy; North Sumter Rifles, Captain A S Van de Graaf; Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys), Captain G V Moody

Special Orders No.111, Paragraph VII, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, Greene Rough & Readys, 13 July, 1861: The Greene Rough and Readys was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph VII, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861.

Organisation of Battalion Heavy Artillery, 13 July, 1861: Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac; Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, Captain T B Triplett; Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers / Light Infantry, Captain R A Hardwawy; North Sumter Rifles, Captain A S Van de Graaf; Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys), Captain G V Moody; Greene Rough and Readys, Captain St CLair T Deane

Special Orders No.122, Paragraph II, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, Davis' company, 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County), 16 July, 1861: Davis' company, 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County), under the command of Captain J G E Davis, arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 14 July, 1861, and was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.122, Paragraph II, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 16 July, 1861 (See the Virginia Militia).

Note: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was relieved from duty with the Battalion Heavy Artillery within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, and was temporarily assigned to the 49th Virginia Infantry by Special Orders No.122, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 16 July, 1861 (See the 49th Virginia Infantry).

Special Orders No.111, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 13 July, 1861: The Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, was assigned to Batteries A, C, D, G, N, P, I, R, and S, within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of Captain I S Sterrett, Confederate States Navy, by Special Orders No.111, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861 (See the Entrenched Naval Batteries).

Organisation of Battalion Heavy Artillery, 21 July, 1861: Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, & Ordnance, Army of the Potomac; Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, Captain T Triplett; Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, Captain R A Hardwawy; North Sumter Rifles, Captain A S Van de Graaf; Greene Rough and Readys, Captain St CLair T Deane; 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County), Unlettered Company, Captain J G E Davis

Note: The 1st Virginia Infantry, Company F (2nd), was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, under the command of Captain I S Sterrett, Confederate States Navy, by Special Orders No.298, Paragraph I, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 7 September, 1861 (See the Schaeffer's Battalion Infantry).

Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery

The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery was accepted in state service at Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 22 April, 1861, and was assigned to the Alexandria Battalion Volunteers, under the command of Major M D Corse, on 25 April, 1861.

Note: The Alexandria Home Guard, under the command of Captain C F Shuttle, First Lieutenant T Triplett, Second Lieutenant T A Waters, Third Lieutenant J M Stevens, and Fourth Lieutenant B B Dudley, was organised at American Hall, corner of Cameron and Pitt Streets, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 19 April, 1861.

Organisation of Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, 25 April, 1861: Captain T B Triplett, First Lieutenant W McGrane, Second Lieutenant C C Semmes

Mustered for one year, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, 25 April, 1861: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery was mustered in state service for one year by Major G W Brent, Virginia Volunteers, at Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 25 April, 1861.

Note: The Alexandria Battalion Volunteers was designated the 6th Virginia Battalion Volunteers by General Orders No.4, Headquarters, Potomac Division, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 27 April, 1861 (See the Garrison at Alexandria).

Troops stationed at Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, 5 May, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel A S Taylor, infantry, Provisional Army of Virginia; 6th Virginia Battalion Volunteers, Major M D Corse; Company E, Mount Vernon Guards (52), Captain S H Devaughn; Company G, Old Dominion Rifles (85), Captain A Herbert; Company H, Alexandria Riflemen, Captain M Mayre; Unlettered Company, Emmett Guards (63), Captain J E Towsen, Jr.; Unlettered Company, Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery (51), Captain T B Triplett; Unlettered Company, Alexandria Artillery, Captain D Kemper; Unattached Volunteers, Warren Rifles (53), Captain R H Simpson; Prince William Rifles, Captain G S Hamilton; Washington's Home Guards/ Fairfax Cavalry (30), Captain E B Powell; Border Guards/ Fairfax Cavalry (40), Captain M D Ball

Evacuation of Alexandria to Springfield/ Manassas Junction, 5 May, 1861

The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A S Taylor, infantry, Provisional Army of Virginia, was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Springfield Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 5 May, 1861, and was accompanied by the Alexandria Riflemen, the Warren Rifles, the Mount Vernon Guards, the Prince William Rifles, the Emmett Guards, the Old Dominion Rifles, the Washington's Home Guards/ Fairfax Cavalry, the Border Guards/ Fairfax Cavalry, and the Alexandria Artillery (See the 17th Virginia Infantry).

Morning report of Alexandria Battalion of Virginia Volunteers, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 6 May, 1861: Major C Boyle, Virginia Volunteers; Adjutant & Second Lieutenant G L Whittington, Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery; Emmett Guards (37), detached duty/absent (26), Captain J E Towsen, Jr.; Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery (48), detached duty/absent (3), Captain T Triplett; Prince William Rifles (64), abset (4), Captain A S Hamilton; Alexandria Artillery (73), absent (3), Captain D Kemper

Note: The Alexandria Artillery, the Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, the Emmett Guards, and the Prince William Rifles were stationed at Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, in the morning on 6 May, 1861.

Troops stationed at & in the vicinity of Manassas Junction, Prince William County, (918), 14 May, 1861: Alexandria Battalion Volunteers (172), Major C Boyle, Virginia Volunteers; Prince William Rifles (60), Captain A S Hamilton; Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery, Captain T Triplett; Emmett Guards, Captain J E Towsen, Jr.; Unattached Volunteers, Warrenton Rifles (88), Captain J Q Marr; Black Horse Troop (76), Captain W H Payne; Rappahannock Cavalry/ Old Guards (57); Alexandria Artillery, section, Captain D Kemper; Garland's Virginia Battalion Volunteers (490), Colonel Garland, Jr., Virginia Volunteers; Lynchburg Home Guards, Captain K Otey; Lynchburg Rifles Greys, Captain M S Langhorne; Southern Guards, Captain R C Saunders; Farmville Guards, Captain R A Booker

Note: Brigadier General P St G Cocke, Virginia Volunteers, was stationed at Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, between 9 and 12 May, 1861, and the Powhatan Troop between 9 and 13 May, 1861 (See Lay's Squadron Cavalry).

Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 5 July, 1861: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Note: Three companies of Alabama and Louisiana Volunteers, under the command of Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, were assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Special Orders No.186, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 12 December, 1862: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery was designated Whittington's Light Artillery, under the command of Captain G T Whittington, on 1 April, 1862, and was assigned to the 19th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery, Company C (2nd), under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J W Atkinson, by Special Orders No.186, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 12 December, 1862.

Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, 9 April, 1865: The 19th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery, Company E (3rd), surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

Greene Rough and Readys

The Greene Rough and Readys was accepted in state service for one year at Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, on 11 May, 1861, and was ordered to Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 6 June, 1861, dated 3 June, 1861.

Organisation of Greene Rough & Readys, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, 17 May, 1861: Captain St Clair Deane, First Lieutenant L B McMullan, Second Lieutenant J A Gentry

Note: The Greene Rough and Readys was stationed at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 8 June, 1861.

Mustered for one year, Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, 11 June, 1861: The Greene Rough and Readys was mustered in state service for one year at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, by Lieutenant Colonel A S Taylor, infantry, Provisional Army of Virginia, on 11 June, 1861.

Note: The Greene Rough and Readys was stationed at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 24 June, 1861.

Stationed at Manassas Junction, 13 July, 1861

The Greene Rough and Readys was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery & Ordnance, Army of the Potomac, at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.111, Paragraph VII, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 13 July, 1861.

Note: The Greene Rough and Readys, 2nd (Virginia) Battalion Heavy Artillery, Company B, under the command of Captain I S Sterrett, Confederate States Navy, was stationed at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 21 September, 1861.

Special Orders No.112, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 15 May, 1862: The Greene Rough and Readys, under the command of Captain L B McMullan, was assigned to the 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, Company D, under the command of Colonel J T Goode, Lieutenant Colonel R Harrison, and Major J W Leigh, at Chaffin's Bluff, Henrico County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.112, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 15 May, 1862.

Organisation of 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, 15 May, 1862: Colonel J T Goode, Lieutenant Colonel R Harrison, Major J W Leigh; Company A, Gloucester Artillery, Captain T B Montague; Company B, Mecklenburg Heavy Artillery, Captain T T Pettus; Company C, Davis Artillery, Captain S D Preston; Company D, Green Rough and Readys, Captain L B McMullan; Company E, Piedmont Battery/ Jordan's Heavy Artillery, Captain A Jordan; Company F, Edmonson's Heavy Artillery, Captain R H Edmonson; Company G, Bedford Heavy Artillery, Captain W V Jordan; Company H, Otey's Artillery, Captain C C Otey; Company I, Sale's Heavy Artillery, Captain L A Sale; Company K, King and Queen Artillery, Captain J R Bagby; Company L, Madison (Heavy) Artillery, Captain G Bourton; Unlettered Company, Peyton Artillery, Captain J H Norton

Note: The 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery was assigned as infantry by Special Orders No.118, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 23 May, 1862, and was designated the 34th Virginia Infantry by Special Orders No.56, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 8 March, 1864. The 34th Virginia Infantry surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry

Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was stationed at Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, on 15 June, 1861.

Organisation of Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, Hatchechubbee, Russell County, Alabama, 1 June, 1861: Captain R A Hardaway, First Lieutenant W B Hurt, Second Lieutenant J W Tullis

Note: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was ordered to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Brigadier General & Adjutant & Inspector General S Cooper, Confederate States Army, on 12 June, 1861.

Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, 15-20 June, 1861: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Muscogee Railroad to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, at 3.45 PM on 15 June, 1861, and arrived by the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad at Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 20 June, 1861.

Note: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was stationed at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, between 20 June and 4 July, 1861.

Mustered for the war, Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, 21 June, 1861: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 21 June, 1861.

Arrival at Manassas Junction, 5 July, 1861

Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 4 July, 1861, and arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 6 July, 1861: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Note: The Irish Volunteers/ Triplett's Heavy Artillery and three companies of Alabama and Louisiana Volunteers, under the command of Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry, were assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Yates' & Woodyard's Fords, on the Bull Run River, 18 July, 1861: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry arrived between Yates' and Woodyard's Fords, on the Bull Run River, at 9 PM on 18 July, 1861.

Note: The 6th Louisiana Infantry, Company I, was stationed between Yates' and Woodyard's Fords, one and a half miles southeast of Union Mills Ford, on the Bull Run River, at 9 PM on 18 July, 1861, and Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was stationed at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, between 5 July, 1861, and 8 March, 1862 (See the 6th Louisiana Infantry).

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, to Rapidan Station, on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Culpeper & Orange Counties, Virginia, 8 March-1 April, 1862: Hardaway's Alabama Volunteers/ Light Infantry was ordered to Rapidan Station, Culpeper and Orange Counties, Virginia, on 8 March, 1862, and was designated Hardaway's Alabama Light Artillery on 31 March, 1862.

Note: Captain R A Hardaway, Hardaway's Alabama Light Artillery, was appointed major, Confederate States Army, on 2 December, 1862, and First Lieutenant W B Hurt, Hardaway's Alabama Light Artillery, was appointed captain, Hurt's Alabama Light Artillery, on 1 April, 1863, dated 3 January, 1863.

Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, 9 April, 1865: The Hurt's Alabama Light Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W M Owens, surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

North Sumter Rifles

The North Sumter Rifles was organised at Warsaw, Sumter County, Alabama, on 25 April, 1861, and was accepted in Confederate service for the war at Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, on 26 May, 1861.

Organisation of North Sumter Rifles, Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, 26 May, 1861: Captain A S Van de Graaf, First Lieutenant J M Winston, Second Lieutenant W Ritter

Note: A S Van de Graaf was appointed captain, North Sumter Rifles, at Warsaw, Sumter County, Alabama, on 20 May, 1861.

Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, 16-22 June, 1861: The North Sumter Rifles (101) was ordered to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 16 June, 1861, dated 6 June, 1861, and arrived by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 17 June, 1861. The company arrived by the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad at Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 22 June, 1861.

Note: The North Sumter Rifles was stationed at an old field northwest of Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama, on 11 June, 1861.

Mustered for the war, Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, 23 June, 1861: The North Sumter Rifles was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 23 June, 1861.

Note: The North Sumter Rifles was stationed at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, between 22 June and 4 July, 1861.

Arrival at Manassas Junction, 5 July, 1861

The North Sumter Rifles was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 4 July, 1861, and arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 6 July, 1861: The North Sumter Rifles was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, to Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Virginia, 17-20 January, 1862: The North Sumter Rifles was ordered to Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Virginia, on 17 January, 1862, and arrived on 20 January, 1862.

Note: The North Sumter Rifles was assigned to the 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, Company A, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F B Shepherd, at Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Virginia, on 24 January, 1862.

Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, 9 April, 1865: The 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry, under the command of Captain W Ritter, surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys)

The Madison Artillery/Tips (Tipperarys) (92) was accepted in Confederate service for the war at New Carthage, Madison Parish, Louisiana, on 23 May, 1861.

Organisation of Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys), New Carthage, Madison Parish, Louisiana, 23 May, 1861: Captain G V Moody, First Lieutenant G F Abbay, Second Lieutenant O P Watson

Note: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was stationed at Richmond, Madison Parish, Louisiana, on 1 June, 1861, and at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, on 17 June, 1861.

Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, to Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, 22 June, 1861: The Madison Artillery/Tips (Tipperarys) arrived by the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad at Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 22 June, 1861.

Note: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) arrived by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, on 17 June, 1861.

Mustered for for war, Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, 23 June, 1861: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, by Major & Assistant Adjutant General H L Clay, Confederate States Army, on 23 June, 1861.

Note: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was stationed at Camp Davis, Agricultural & Mechanics' Society Fairgrounds, on Fifth Street, half a mile southwest of Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, on 22 June, 1861.

Arrival at Manassas Junction, 5 July, 1861

The Madison Artillery/Tips (Tipperarys) was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 4 July, 1861, and arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861.

Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 6 July, 1861: The Madison Artillery/Tips (Tipperarys) was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.94, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 6 July, 1861.

Special Orders No.122, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 16 July, 1861: The Madison Artillery/Tips (Tipperarys) was relieved from duty with the Battalion Heavy Artillery within the entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, and was temporarily assigned to the 49th Virginia Infantry by Special Orders No.122, Paragraph I, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 16 July, 1861 (See the 49th Virginia Infantry).

Note: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was designated the Madison Light Artillery on 25 August, 1861, and Captain G V Moody, Madison Light Artillery, was ordered to purchase uniforms and other public duties at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.280, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 29 August, 1861.

Battery N, within the entrenched naval batteries, at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 7 September, 1861: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was stationed at Battery N, within the entrenched naval batteries, at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 7 September, 1861.

Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, 17 January, 1862: The Madison Artillery/ Tips (Tipperarys) was stationed at Wolf Run Shoals Ford, on the Occoquan River, on 17 January, 1862.

Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, 9 April, 1865: The Madison Light Artillery surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

Davis' company, 155th Virginia Militia (Green County)

The 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County) (284) was ordered to rendezvous at Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia, at 9 AM on 14 July, 1861, dated 12 July, 1861, and arrived by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, in the morning on 14 July, 1861.

Note: The 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County) was stationed at Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia, on 12 July, 1861, and Davis' company, 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County), was reorganised at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, between 14 and 16 July, 1861.

Special Orders No.122, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 16 July, 1861: Davis' company, 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County), was assigned to the Battalion Heavy Artillery, under the command of Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, within entrenched naval batteries at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.122, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 16 July, 1861.

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, to Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia, 27 July, 1861: The 155th Virginia Militia (Greene County) was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia, on 27 July, 1861 (See the Virginia Militia).

Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army/ Chief of Artillery & Ordnance, Army of the Potomac, 21 July, 1861: Captain S Jones, 1st United States Artillery, Company F, resigned at Washington, D. C., on 22 April, 1861, dated 27 April, 1861, and was appointed lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general, Provisional Army of Virginia, at Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia on 8 May, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel & Assistant Adjutant General S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia, was appointed major, artillery, Confederate States Army, on 20 May, 1861, dated 16 March, 1861, and was assigned to command the Battalion Heavy Artillery at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.92, Paragraph VI, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 5 July, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia/ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, was appointed colonel, Confederate States Army, on 8 July, 1861, and chief of artillery and ordnance, Army of the Potomac, by General Orders No.41, Paragraph II, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 17 July, 1861. Colonel S Jones, Confederate States Army, was appointed brigadier general, Confederate States Army, on 28 August, 1861, dated 21 July, 1861.

Note: Lieutenant Colonel & Assistant Adjutant General S Jones, Provisional Army of Virginia, was ordered to proceed by the Virginia Central Railroad to Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.1, Headquarters, Virginia Forces, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 26 April, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Jefferson, on the grounds of the University of Virginia, one mile west of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, on 19 May, 1861 (See the Garrison at Alexandria).

Reports

OFFICIAL REPORT No.84, Part I: Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No.2), pp484-504
Brigadier General P G T Beauregard, Confederate States Army, Army of the Potomac, and resulting correspondence, Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, 14 October, 1861, dated Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, 26 August, 1861

Orders of Battle

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