CONFEDERATE MARYLAND TROOPS
3rd Battery, Maryland Artillery
- Overview:
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3rd Artillery Company was organized at Richmond, Virginia, in January, 1862. Ordered to
Knoxville, the unit served in Tennessee and Kentucky, then was assigned to A.W. Reynold's
Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. During the spring of 1863 a detachment
served on board the Confederate gunboat Queen of the West and suffered many casualties. The
remaining part of the battery was captured at Vicksburg. After being exchanged, the
officers and men were consolidated with the Stephens Georgia Light Artillery. It was
commanded by Captains Henry B. Latrobe and William L. Ritter.
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