Kirby's company mustered in on 21 June 1861 as a 6 month company. They mustered out and were disbanded 21 December 1861 in Richmond. Capt. James Kirby originally commanded the unit, but he had been replaced by Lt. George Hart by October of 1861. The unit had three iron 6-pdr. smooth bore cannons and one 12-pdr. iron howitzer. The 12-pdr was sent to Brig. Gen. Floyd and never returned. (The same happened with a 10-pdr Parrott rifle issued to Lowry's Co. C.)

I haven't been able to find what happened to Kirby's three iron 6-pdrs. I suspect they went to Floyd as well, but I haven't found a clear paper trail as of yet. Floyd assigned Roemer's three iron 6-pounders to Adam's Gauley Artillery when it was formed. McComas still had the three brass 6-pdrs. originally issued to his company when his company fought in the battle of South Mills on 19 April 1862. Lowry's company still retained a section - two iron 6-pdrs. - when they became an independent company on 15 May 1862. (The guns had been sent to Floyd in 1861 but were returned.) Roemer's 3" rifled gun ended up with Capt. McComas' Co. B late in January 1862. The only guns I can't account for from the Wise Artillery's original fourteen are Kirby's three 6-pdrs. Can someone help me figure out where the last three guns ended up?