Virginia Dixie Light Artillery (Confederate)
6/21/61
Organized - Virginia Dixie Light Artillery - Virginia
6/27/62
Battle - Gaines' Mill - Hanover County, Virginia
Despite his victory over the Confederates at Beaver Dam Creek on June 26th, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's Fifth Corps abandoned its position early on June 27th and established a new defensive line along Boatswain's Creek, just north of the Chickahominy River.READ MORE
8/22/62
Battle - First Rappahannock Station - Culpeper County, Virginia; Fauquier County, Virginia
8/28/62
Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia
After the early summer collapse of the Union Peninsula Campaign offensive to capture Richmond, Robert E. Lee sought to move his army north and threaten Washington DC before Union forces could regroup.READ MORE
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major John S. Saunders
MajorJohn S. Saunders
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor, and Major General Richard H. Anderson
Brigadier GeneralRoger A. Pryor
Major GeneralRichard H. Anderson
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Richard H. Anderson
Major GeneralRichard H. Anderson
9/19/62
Battle - Shepherdstown - Jefferson County, West Virginia
On September 18th, the day after the battle at Antietam, both sides remained on the battlefield too bloodied to resume fighting. That evening, lead elements of Gen. Robert E. Lee's army began to withdraw across the Potomac River back into Virginia at Boteler's Ford near Shepherdstown. Artillery on the south side of the river placed by Brig. Gen. William Pendleton covered the crossing of the remainder of Lee's army that night. On September 20th, a detachment of Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's Fifth Corps pushe…READ MORE
10/4/62
Mustered Out - Virginia Dixie Light Artillery - Virginia
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