CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
Taylor's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
- Overview:
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Eubank's-Taylor's Battery [also called Bath Artillery] was organized in March, 1862. It
was assigned to the 12th Battalion Virginia Artillery, but became an independent company in
August, 1862. The unit served in S.D. Lee's, E.P. Alexander's, and F. Huger's Battalion, and
fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to Cold Harbor except when it was detached
to Georgia and Knoxville with Longstreet. However, the unit was not involved in the Battle of Chickamauga. It participated in the
defense of Petersburg and ended
the war at Appomattox. Of the
90 men engaged at Gettysburg,
fifteen percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865, it was included in the surrender. Captains John
L. Eubank and Osmond B. Taylor were in command.
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