Maryland 4th Artillery Battery

HISTORICAL NOTES: The Maryland 4th Artillery Company [also called Chesapeake Battery] was organized at Richmond, Virginia, during the spring of 1862. The unit served in J.W. Latimer's, R.S. Andrews', and C.M. Braxton's Battalion, and later the Maryland Line and D.G. McIntosh's Battalion. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Cedar Mountain to Mine Run , saw action at Cold Harbor and south of the James River, and was involved in the Appomattox Campaign. The battery lost 1 wounded at Second Manassas , had 4 killed and 12 wounded of the 76 at Gettysburg , and surrendered with 1 sergeant and 11 privates. OFFICERS: Captains William D. Brown and Walter S. Chew ASSIGNMENTS: J.W. Latimer's, R.S. Andrews', and C.M. Braxton's Battalion, and later the Maryland Line and D.G. McIntosh's Battalion.
SERVICE: Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862)
2nd Manassas (August 28-30, 1862)
Chantilly (September 1, 1862)
Harpers Ferry (September 12-15, 1862)
Antietam or Sharpsburg (September 17, 1862)
Shepherdstown Ford (September 20, 1862)
Fredericksburg (December 13,1862)
Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Williamsport (July 6, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)
Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)
The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Piedmont (June 5, 1864)
Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)
Petersburg (April 2, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
ROSTERS:
The rolls of this regiment contains the names of 185 men.
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REFERENCES:
Sifakis - The Compendium of the Confederate Armies