CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
Rice's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (8th Star Artillery) (New Market Artillery)
- Overview:
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Rice's Battery [also called Eighth Star or New Market Artillery] was organized in April,
1861, with men from Shenadoah County. It served in western Virginia, sustained 4 casualties at Greenbrier River, and suffered
many losses in Jackson's Valley Campaign. On September 26, 1862, it was broken up and its
remaining members transferred to the Danville Light Artillery. Captain William H. Rice was in
command.
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