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Virginia Artillery

Help!!! - I am researching several companies of Virginia Artillery, attached to Brig. Gen. Henry Heth's command in May 1862. They are:

Bryan's Battery -
Lowry's Battery -
Chapman's Battery -
G. Otey's Battery -
Vawter's Battery -

I have copies of the regimental histories for these units.

I am looking for other letters, diaries, accounts, casualty lists, ordnance records, etc., for these five companies. A portion of each company, if not all, were engaged in some manner at the Battle of Lewisburg, May 23, 1862. At least four of the guns were captured by the Federals, and it is possible that 3 to 5 more were abandoned in the retreat. The records that I have found thus far are not very clear.

Anyone with information about these units for May 1862, please contact me.

Thanks,

Richard L. Armstrong