CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
W.H. Chapman's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Booton's) (Dixie Artillery)
- Overview:
- Dixie Light Artillery was organized in June, 1861. This unit served near Richmond and in June, 1862, totalled 72 officers and men. Attached to the Army of Northern Virginia, it had 1 man killed at Rappahannock Station, then was active at Second Manassas and in the Maryland Campaign. On October 4, the battery was ordered to disband. Its 32 members transferred to the Purcell Light Artillery. Captains John L. Booton and William H. Chapman were in command.
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