CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
Kelly's Company, South Carolina Light Artillery (Chesterfield Artillery)
- Overview:
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Chesterfield Light Artillery was organized and mustered into Confederate service in
November, 1861, at Columbia, South Carolina. Most of the officers and men were raised in
Chesterfield County. After serving in the Columbia area, the unit moved to Virginia, then North
Carolina, then returned to Virginia. It lost 1 killed and 6 wounded at Deserted House, served at
Battery Huger, and in May, 1863, contained 3 officers and 115 men. Later it was assigned to J.C.
Coit's Battalion of Artillery, was active in North Carolina, fought on Swift Creek and at Drewry's Bluff, and participated in the
defense of Petersburg on June
16-17, 1864. The unit continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches and during April, 1865, was
being reorganized and refitted when the Confederate forces surrendered. Its commanders were
Captains James C. Coit and James I. Kelly.
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