CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
Jackson's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery (2nd Organization 1863-65)
- Overview:
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Jackson's Battery [also called Charlottesville Horse Battery] was organized in May, 1863,
with men from John P. Hale's Battery which was broken up by its capture at Fort Donelson in February, 1862, and
recruits and transfers principally from the 8th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. It was assigned to
Jenkins' Cavalry Brigade, Lomax's Horse Artillery Battalion, and in 1865, M. Johnson's
Battalion. This unit took 54 men to Gettysburg, then served in southwest
Virginia and in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations. In March, 1865, it moved to North
Carolina. Captain Thomas E. Jackson was in command.
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