Richmond Howitzers 1st Company

[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.







Apply for the Howitzers here! (https://warofrights.com/CT_ViewCompany?companyID=6578#companyToolHeader)




Main Battery

Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company
Commanding Officer: Capt. E. S. McCarthy
http://antietam.aotw.org/images/mccarthy_es.jpg
Battlefield: West Woods | Against: Gorman's Brigade's
Battlefield: Hauser's Ridge | Against: 15th Massachusetts
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
2 6-pdr. Gun



Reserves

Richmond Howitzers, 2nd Company Reserve
Commanding Officer: Capt. D. Watson
Battlefield: Williamsport 19th of September supporting Stuarts Cavalry
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
1 12-pdr. Howitzer
1 6-pdr. Piece that could shoot Hotchkiss shells (After talks with Historical Adviser George Crecy this is probably a Blakely. Less Likely but also possible this could be a Wiard of which a few where captured from Union forces.)

Richmond Howitzers, 3rd Company Reserve
Commanding Officer: Capt. Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.
Battlefield: No activity during Antietam
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
1 12-pdr. Light Boat Howitzer
1 12-pdr. Rifled Howitzer

From the diary of a 3rd Company member
[Before the 6th August 1862:
1x 10 pdr. Parrot
2x Boat Howitzer]

August 6th.- Our Parrot gun was ordered to the south side of the James river about a week since, and we, as yet, have heard nothing from it. The second Company Howitzers left at the same time, and placed in the Third Company's charge their Rifled Howitzer. A few days ago since we exchanged one of our little brass boat howitzers for another 10 pound Parrot gun .... etc.

[Lance Rawlings]

Welcome to the CSA! Best of luck!

[Dutchconfederate]

Thank you Captain.

[Lance Rawlings]

Thank you Captain.

You're welcome! Now go and blow the yanks minds. :)

[James Kipler]

Welcome to the CSA! For Southern rights!

[Saris]

Welcome to the Confederacy!

[Dutchconfederate]

Welcome to the CSA! For Southern rights!


Welcome to the Confederacy!

Thank you both! Glad to be with such friendly people.

[Dutchconfederate]

Looking for at least 8 more members :-) Must be some guys out there who like the Artillery!
Edited:



I have 10 members looking for more to join! This battery has some special history to it! I would love to have folk from Richmond joining!

[Dutchconfederate]

For those who are interested but don't want to sit around waiting. We don't have to, if you have acces we can drill as infantry or fall in with one of the other fine infantry companies around.

[James Dixon]

Welcome to the Confederacy!

[Dutchconfederate]

...

[Leifr]

Posts merged. Please avoid triple positing in the future pal, it's unnecessary.
Warmest regards,
Leifr.

[Dutchconfederate]

PARROTT CANNON

One famous U.S. inventor was a former West Point graduate and ordnance officer named Robert Parker Parrott. Robert Parker Parrott In 1836, Parrott resigned his rank of captain and went to work for the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring, New York. This foundry was a civilian operated business and Parrott, as a superintendent, was able to dedicate some forty years perfecting a rifled cannon and a companion projectile. By 1860, he had patented a new method of attaching the reinforcing band on the breech of a gun tube. Although he was not the first to attach a band to a tube, he was the first to use a method of rotating the tube while slipping the band on hot. This rotation, while cooling, caused the band to attach itself in place uniformly rather than in one or two places as was the common method, which allowed the band to sag in place. The 10-pounder Parrott was patented in 1861 and the 20- and 30-pounder guns followed in 1861. He quickly followed up these patents by producing 6.4-, 8-, and 10-inch caliber cannons early in the war. The Army referred to these as 100, 200, and 300-pounder Parrotts respectively. By the end of the conflict the Parrott gun was being used extensively in both armies

[Dutchconfederate]

Very Christmas everone!

[Jeffrey_Confederate]

Great to work together with the Richmond Howitzers!

[Dutchconfederate]

The Independent Brigade is grown into a force to be reckoned with!

3 Infantry companies
2 Batteries
1 Cavalry unit

A vastly different Brigade structure and leadership then you see elsewhere on this forum.

[Koxxus]

A Brigade?

[Dutchconfederate]

A Brigade?

Yes indeed

[Koxxus]

Good to know that you left us.

[Dutchconfederate]

Good to know that you left us.

Did not leave, our cannons can still support other companies and brigades, where a support factor on all of this and on the same side. Yes I do promote this brigade that is forming up. I like the structure very much. Does not mean our company will not support others on the field.

[Henry_Love]

The Richmond Howitzers are currently looking for NCOs. If interested please either send me a pm or message us on steam.

Steamname: [Va(Bat.A)]Cpt. Henry Love
Steamname: [VA(Bat.A)]1st Lt. Dutch
Steamname: 1st Lt. Hawlsey

Yos,

H. Love

[Hawlsey]

Just a little something... here are the battle streamers for the descendants of the Richmond Howitzers - 1-111th FA Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Virginia Army National Guard)

5396 - 5397

[Dutchconfederate]

Just a little something... here are the battle streamers for the descendants of the Richmond Howitzers - 1-111th FA Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Virginia Army National Guard)

5396 - 5397

Thank you Sir! That is really something.
I will expand the history lesson on the Forum page and use these photos.

Because people must know what great history this battery holds.

Post–Civil War

On April 10, 1871, the Richmond Howitzers was reorganized as a single company. Then, on November 8, 1877, the Virginia state artillery was reorganized as the 1st Battalion Volunteer Artillery, and the Howitzers became Battery A of the new battalion. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the Howitzers returned to federal service as part of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment of the Virginia National Guard. The regiment was designated as the 111th Field Artillery Regiment, and the Howitzers served as Company A. The unit left for France on June 29, 1918. Before the men could reach the frontlines, however, the Armistice had been signed, and the regiment returned to home in May 1919. The 111th Field Artillery was formally mustered out of service at Camp Lee, Virginia.


On February 3, 1941, the 111th Field Artillery again entered active federal service as a part of the 29th Infantry Division. When the division reorganized in March 1942, the 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery, became the 111th Field Artillery Battalion. The 29th Division traveled from the United States to England in September and October 1942. The 111th Battalion participated in the Normandy invasion, fought around St. Lô in northwestern France, and captured the fortress at Brest in France. It then served in Holland and participated in the crossing of the Roer River in December. Early in April 1945, the division crossed the Rhine River and fought in Germany until the German surrender in May. The Howitzers and the rest of the battalion were deactivated on January 16, 1946.

In the years following World War II, the Richmond Howitzers were separated from the 29th Division and served under several different configurations. The unit again became Battery A, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, in 1972 and currently retains that designation in the Virginia National Guard.

[Dutchconfederate]

People interested to join a battery Richmond howitzers is the place to be!

We train together with the 5th Alabama Company A & the 3rd Arkansas Company C
So we are active as infantry men at the moment.

[Ted]

Good luck to you, I'm looking forward to artillery duels with your guys :)

[Dutchconfederate]

Good luck to you, I'm looking forward to artillery duels with your guys :)

Indeed!
What does your battery hold?

[Roshanlestary]

Very nice piece of history

[Dutchconfederate]

Looking for more soldiers to join us
!

[Jeffrey_Confederate]

Great battery! Friendly group who love the confederate history.

[Cash63]

Interested in joining. My great great grandfather was with lamkins battery haskills battalion virginia light artillery

[Dutchconfederate]

Interested in joining. My great great grandfather was with lamkins battery haskills battalion virginia light artillery

You more then welcome.
We have great guys who are into the artillery aspect and the history.

[Dutchconfederate]

Proudly supporting the Ewell's Division

[Dutchconfederate]

Open to volunteers
Until the Artillery enters the game we can fall in as infantry!

[Leifr]

Thread title updated as per requested by OP.

[Dutchconfederate]

Thread title updated as per requested by OP.

Thank you

[Dutchconfederate]

Looking for recruits! check out the forum page and read more about this battery and its grand history !

[Dutchconfederate]

Richmond Howitzers 1st Company will be active in Holdfast Nations at War of course manning a Battery historically correct from the time period.
Are you looking for a active battery? Join up with us!

[Roshanlestary]

Got to keep the Artillery in the picture and on top in the list!

[Dutchconfederate]

Welcome to our latest member Pvt. Maciej !

[Dutchconfederate]

Just give us some canons we will bring some balance!

[Hienzman]

Just give us some canons we will bring some balance!

Give me a good Artillery piece and I'll rain hell on those Yanks!

[Dutchconfederate]

Huzzah!

[Dutchconfederate]

Bring this page a bit more on top!

[Dutchconfederate]

Welcome to our newly appointed 2nd Lt. Hammershot

Our 2nd Lt will command the second section of the battery.

[Mr.Moto]

Long live Virginia!

[Dutchconfederate]

30th of March: 22:00 CET / 21:00 GMT / 16:00 CDT
Lines and Skirmishers Event!

This event is hosted by the:
CSA:
- 18th North Carolina
- 3rd Alabama
- 8th Virginia
Union:
- 42nd PA
- 52nd NY

We need more units to join in!

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1...it?usp=sharing

[Dutchconfederate]

RICHMOND HOWITZERS Fought in the American Civil War - WWI - WWII

The Richmond Howitzer Company of the 1st Regiment of Volunteers was founded on November 9, 1859, by George Wythe Randolph, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a Richmond lawyer. They were organized in response to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. After electing Randolph its first captain, the company, which was recruited from elite Richmond circles, marched to Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), to help provide security during Brown's trial and subsequent execution.

In April 1861 after Virginia seceded from the United States, the unit was mustered into Confederate service. As enlistments increased, 3 companies were eventually organized from Richmond. The Richmond Howitzers were present at the 1st battle of Manassas (Bull Run to the North). They fought at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg in 1862; Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Mine Run in 1863; and the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg in 1864.

The Army of Northern Virginia, including the Howitzers, evacuated its lines in front of Richmond and Petersburg on the night of April 2, 1865, and marched westward. After participating in an engagement near Appomattox Court House on April 8, the men of the 1st Company separated from the army to march toward Lynchburg. They disbanded the following day near Red Oak Church and buried their cannons in a nearby ravine.



WORLD WAR I

On December 15, 1917, the Blues departed for Camp McClellan, Alabama, where the blues became a regimental unit of the 111th Field Artillery of the 29th Division. It was hereafter known as Battery B.

In June 1918, the Division moved to France and it arrived on French soil in Cherbourg on July 16th. The next few months were spent in training. Just as the 111th arrived at the front, the Armistice was signed. The 111th landed back in Virginia in May of 1919.

WORLD WAR II

In 1942, upon the reorganization of the 29th Division into a “triangular” division, the 111th Field Artillery Regiment was reorganized as the 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery and the 2nd Battalion, 111th Field Artillery was equipped with 155mm howitzers and designated as the 227th Field Artillery of the 29th Division.

As soon as the men of the Blue and Gray arrive in Scotland they load on trains and move south to Tidworth Barracks, about 80 miles west of London. At first not all of the troops of the 29th can be quartered together. However, by the end of the year the whole division is assembled and busy training to play an as yet unknown role against the Germans.

All of the troops of the division start a rigorous seven-day-a-week training schedule which is only relieved by 48 hour passes one weekend a month. This regimen consist primarily of cross-country forced marches from 25 to 40-miles.

To test how well these exercises have toughen up the men General Gerow designs a test in which each man is to be tracked at different points along a series of fast marches. Those who fall out are transferred to other commands. Only the most capable will serve in the 29th. In fact, the best units prove not to be from the infantry but the 'red legs' of the 110th and 111th FA battalions. Both commands have 100% of their men complete the test, the only units to achieve this feat.

Members of the Blue and Gray spend their first Christmas overseas a bit homesick but not alone. They share gifts sent from home with the local children. In a early bit of public relations promotion these celebrations are covered by press photographers and newsreel films are made so that the event can be shown to the 'folks back home'.

Marksmanship is added to the 29th's training schedule with an emphasis on well-aimed fire, in part to conserve what in the field will always be a limited ammunition supply. The artillery too begins intensive fire missions using 75mm guns at first while awaiting the arrival of their heavier pieces from the US.

During this period the division is instructed to organize a battalion of troops to undergo the specialized training of the British "Commandos". This unit, composed entirely of volunteers, is designated the "29th Ranger Battalion (Provisional)". It's story can be found elsewhere in this publication.

In May 1943, after seven months at Tidworth, the division is ordered to relocate to new quarters in the Devon-Cornwall peninsula. The infantry moves by a combination of foot and motor marches while the artillery and all other elements travel totally by truck. The 116th RCT is billeted in Plymouth while the 227th FA is based in Okehampton.

Upon its arrival the division has a change in commanders. General Gerow is assigned to command the newly organized V Corps and is replaced by Maj. Gen. Charles Gerhardt, a regular Army officer. His impact on. the .29th will be felt by every man in the division, from the lowest private up to regimental commanders. The Blue and Gray has a reputation for firm discipline, but nothing like that imposed by the new general.

An example of this increase in discipline under Gerhardt is the wearing of the helmet chinstrap. American soldiers routinely fail to hook the strap during non-dangerous training exercises. The general issues an order that any time the helmet is worn, no matter where or for what purpose, the strap will be fastened. Neglect results in a fine. After the division is committed to combat this type of discipline continues with no lessening of degree. To this day, veterans recall the effect Gerhardt had on the 29th but they all agree he prepared them as well for the trials which lay ahead.

By early July the units begin a year-long course of training to prepare them for a leading role in the invasion .of France. The major portion of their time is now devoted to amphibious assault practice. At first there's a lack of real landing craft and improvised wooden mock ups are used to give the soldiers confidence and to reinforce in them the importance of teamwork. Men are taught to swim and they're loaded with complete field gear, weighing up 100 pounds, and then walked into the surf so they can 'wade' ashore under a full load.

Besides these water-based sessions, the infantry are taught how to destroy pillboxes and entrenchments. The 'weapons' companies of the 116th (D, H & M) gain proficiency with equipment like flamethrowers, 81mm mortars and 30 cal. machine guns. All companies train with the new "bazooka" designed to knock out enemy tanks and fortifications. They also practice for the first time advancing under the cover of 'rolling' artillery fire. Forced marches continue through the damp moors and marshs of Cornwall.

All infantrymen are given instruction in the dismantling of 'booby traps' in a school created for the purpose. The men excelling in these tasks are put into expert teams to clear overrun buildings.

In September members of the 116th become "guinea pigs" as the first unit to conduct a three-week training period at the newly opened Assault Training Center (ATC) at Woolacombe, Devonshire. The companies are organized into 30-man boat teams which will fight as a platoon upon landing. They're placed into "Landing Craft Infantry" (LCI) which sail out about a mile from the shore and then 'run' into the beach, dropping their ramps to disgorge the team.

The artillery later joins them in training at the ATC. It's planned that they will load their howitzers in amphibious trucks called "DUKW's" (pronounced "Duck's") but none are available so the 111th practices its landings from larger vessels known as "Landing Craft Tank" (LCT). They never have an opportunity to train on the DUWK's before the invasion, which will contribute to the disaster that awaits them.

The men of the Blue and Gray spend 19-months in England before being committed to combat. Though most of their time is devoted to training for the invasion of France, they do get leave time in London and Plymouth. Sports are also an important outlets for the men's energies. The division sets up teams among the different units for football, basketball, boxing and baseball. The USO and Red Cross set up dances and other forms of entertainment for the troops. As the men of the 29th prepare to celebrate a second Christmas in England, their suspicions about playing a key role in the invasion of France are confirmed. The division's infantry is moved to Slapton Sands near Dartmouth. This coastal area is used to complete their assault training, including landings with 'live' naval gun fire in support.

The 29th Recon Troop experiments with rubber assault boats which prove unsatisfactory in the rough waters of the English Channel. While working with these boats the unit is visited by the General Dwight Eisenhower. During his visit he fires a machine gun 'from the hip', much to the delight of the surrounding troopers.

After 19-months of almost constant training the 29th is keen to get into action against the Germans. In mid-May the division moves to its embarkation ports of Plymouth, Weymouth and Dartmouth. Once the units are "locked in" for security reasons the men of the 116th RCT are finally told they'll be the lead assault waves in the Allied invasion on the Normandy coast of France.

BATTLE HONORS:

Peninsula

Sharpsburg

Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville

Gettysburg

Virginia 1863

Wilderness

Spotsylvania

Cold Harbor

Petersburg

Appomattox

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

[Dutchconfederate]

Falling in each week with the 3rd Alabama Infantry and attend the Friday EU skirmish event. Our field pieces are having problems making it thru the Union blockade our factories unable to produce because of a lack of resources, We are forced to fight as infantry for the moment.

Event: Friday Community (EU) Event
Time: 3 EST/9 CEST every Friday
Server: Antietam EU server

[United European Community]

United we are stronger. United we stand and united we win!

Good luck!

[Dutchconfederate]

Promoted to 1st Lt. Danish Raven

Currently we are fighting as infantry with [EU] Lee's Foreign Legion
1st Louisiana Coppens Battalion A German
3rd Alabama Company A EU / UK
South Carolina Zouaves( Hampton's Legion Company H) EU / UK

[Dutchconfederate]

Fight with us in the 3rd Alabama company A until our field pieces get passed the blockade. This battery saw life on November 9, 1859 and is still active today as the 111th Field Artillery / 29th Division
BATTLE HONORS:

Civil War
Peninsula
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Appomattox

World War I
Cherbourg (reserve)

World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe

[Dutchconfederate]

It is been a very good year for the Richmond Howitzers! Some wonderful players have joined with a lot of love for the Artillery aspect and the history of this elite battery.
Wishing everyone in this community a wonderful Christmas!

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[Dutchconfederate]

Join us! Fight with us each Friday and Saturday!

George Wythe Randolph, the first captain of the Richmond Howitzers, was born in 1818 at Monticello, the home of his maternal grandfather, Thomas Jefferson. Randolph was appointed a midshipman at the age of thirteen, and served in the navy for six years. Afterwards he studied law at the University of Virginia, and in 1850 moved to Richmond to practice his profession. He conceived the idea of the "Howitzer Battery", which began organization on November 9, 1859, himself as captain and Gaston Otey as First Sergeant.

The Richmond Howitzers grew into a battalion of three companies by May 1861. The original company, reorganized on May 8 with the election of Captain John C. Shields, was thereafter known as the 1st Company. In November 1861 Captain Shields was promoted to Lt. Colonel and transferred, to be replaced by Lt. Wm. Palmer. In March of 1862 Captain Palmer, who desired to go into army medical service, was replaced by 1st. Lt. Edward McCarthy.

An elite unit, the Howitzers served with distinction. The 1st Company Richmond Howitzers, a four-gun battery, participated at First Manassas, the Peninsular Campaign, Seven Pines, the Seven Days' Battles, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and the retreat from Richmond to Appomattox.

[Thomas Jackson]

Good luck!

[Dutchconfederate]

Hoping we can see some Artillery action in the game soon!

main page edited !
added 6-pdr. Wiard Rifle information



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[Dutchconfederate]

Can the Howitzers be renamed in the company tool.
Yes some batteries where named after the captain. But not these ones.

Richmond Howitzers, 1st company / 2nd company / 3rd company.

Those are the correct names.

[Dutchconfederate]

winning matches together with the 3rd Alabamians

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/986758015954567769/B6CD64214D68858D5596E64D19589CE783BEF052/

[Dutchconfederate]

https://www.militaryimages.net/media/sharpshooter-of-mccarthys-battery-1st-co-of-richmond-howitzers-frederi.46816/full?d=1521500259
Image: Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company Sharpshooter.

Wanted:
Sharpshooters!

Wanted:
Artillery enthusiasts


* added last details to the arms used by 1st and 2nd company
* added apply here link to the company tool

[Dutchconfederate]

https://www.militaryimages.net/media/sharpshooter-of-mccarthys-battery-1st-co-of-richmond-howitzers-frederi.46816/full?d=1521500259
Image: Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company Sharpshooter.

Wanted:
Sharpshooters!

Wanted:
Artillery enthusiasts

[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!

An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.
https://www.militaryimages.net/media/sharpshooter-of-mccarthys-battery-1st-co-of-richmond-howitzers-frederi.46816/full?d=1521500259
Image: Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company Sharpshooter.

Wanted:
Sharpshooters!

Wanted:
Artillery enthusiasts

[Dutchconfederate]

Lot of fun yesterday
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[Dutchconfederate]

Any indication on when the Richmond Howitzers will be named correctly in the company tool? Can point out a number of other batteries wrongly named. But my concern lays mostly with the Howitzers as the names where suddenly altered a while back into the current ones that don't make sense.

[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!

An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.
https://www.militaryimages.net/media/sharpshooter-of-mccarthys-battery-1st-co-of-richmond-howitzers-frederi.46816/full?d=1521500259
Image: Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company Sharpshooter.

Wanted:
Sharpshooters!

Wanted:
Artillery enthusiasts

[Dutchconfederate]

Good fun yesterday
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[Lord Drax]

Glad you guys made it! It was a good event!

[Dutchconfederate]

It sure was, aggressive Union opponents which made it hard for the CSA good battles.

[Dutchconfederate]

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[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481118367584092181/566149644594446346/6a689939255b5f51fd291de0a67d0b7b.png



Apply for the Howitzers here! (https://warofrights.com/CT_ViewCompany?companyID=544#companyToolHeader)
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Main Battery

Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company
Commanding Officer: Capt. E. S. McCarthy
http://antietam.aotw.org/images/mccarthy_es.jpg
Battlefield: West Woods | Against: Gorman's Brigade's
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
2 6-pdr. Gun

Attached

Baltimore (MD) Artillery
Commanding Officer at Sharpsburg: Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough
https://images.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2002/324/5991800_1037917993.jpg
Battlefield: West Woods & Dunker Church | Against: Gorman's Brigades and parts of Hookers Division
Arms:
1 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
1 Blakely
1 10-pdr. Parrott
1 12-pdr. howitzer was of iron rather than the usual bronze, and was unique at the battle.

[Green]

Dutchconfederate, can you contact with me on Steam. I have some suggestion https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198387360547/

[Dutchconfederate]

Dutchconfederate, can you contact with me on Steam. I have some suggestion https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198387360547/

sure will do

[Dutchconfederate]

Some updates in the arsenal used by the Richmond Howitzers after some extensive reading and references from George Crecy(thanks!). Now we wait until the more exotic pieces will be added in the game over time.

[Dutchconfederate]

Good drill and fighting with the 2nd Florida https://www.warofrightsforum.com/showthread.php?6146-2nd-Florida-Infantry-Co-B-Russian-CSA-Company
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[Dutchconfederate]

Although we do have members from Canada and America we would like to welcome more NA-based folk in our group!
Are you interested in the Artillery or Infantry branch?! Please leave a comment or sent a PM.

[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today! An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.
Friendly (mature)group from over the world we have people from both the NA & EU timezone. We would love to welcome more NA players to our group. We are not only active in War of rights but also in a bunch of other games.

[Stevan]

You dream about shooting at your ennemy with a canon? :D
You just like canons for any reason? :p
You want to try something new in game?
You want to join a fun group of players? ;)

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!

[Dutchconfederate]

Letting it rain shells in Hell Let Loose! Hopefully soon in War of Rights!;)

[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today! An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.
Friendly (mature)group from over the world we have people from both the NA & EU timezone. We would love to welcome more NA players to our group. We are not only active in War of rights but also in a bunch of other games.

[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today! An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.
Friendly (mature)group from over the world we have people from both the NA & EU timezone. We would love to welcome more NA players to our group. We are not only active in War of rights but also in a bunch of other games.

[Dutchconfederate]

Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.

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Main Battery

Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company
Commanding Officer: Capt. E. S. McCarthy
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Battlefield: West Woods | Against: Gorman's Brigade's
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
2 6-pdr. Gun

Attached

Baltimore (MD) Artillery
Commanding Officer at Sharpsburg: Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough
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Battlefield: West Woods & Dunker Church | Against: Gorman's Brigades and parts of Hookers Division
Arms:
1 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
2 Blakely
1 12-pdr. howitzer was of iron rather than the usual bronze, and was unique at the battle.


Reserves

Richmond Howitzers, 2nd Company Reserve
Commanding Officer: Capt. D. Watson
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
1 12-pdr. Howitzer
1 6-pdr. Piece that could shoot Hotchkiss shells (After talks with Historical Adviser George Crecy this is probably a Blakely. Less Likely but also possible this could be a Wiard of which a few where captured from Union forces.)

Richmond Howitzers, 3rd Company Reserve
Commanding Officer: Capt. Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
1 12-pdr. Boat Howitzer
1 12-pdr. Rifled Howitzer

From the diary of a 3rd Company member


August 6th.- Our Parrot gun was ordered to the south side of the James river about a week since, and we, as yet, have heard nothing from it. The second Company Howitzers left at the same time, and placed in the Third Company's charge their Rifled Howitzer. A few days ago since we exchanged one of our little brass boat howitzers for another 10 pound Parrot gun .... etc.

2x 10 Pdr. Parrot
1x Rifled Howitzer
1x Boat Howitzer

used up to and during Antietam september 1862



10 pdr. Parrott Rifle

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Type: Rifled gun
Rarity: Common
Years of Manufacture: Between 1861 and 1865
Tube Composition: Cast Iron, Wrought Iron Breech Band
Bore Diameter: 2.9 inches (Model 1861); 3.0 inches (Model 1863)
Rifling Type (US): 3 grooves, right hand gain twist
Rifling Type (CS): 3 groves right hand twist, or 12 grooves left hand twist
Standard Powder Charge: 1 lb. Black Powder
Projectiles: 10 lb. solid bolt, case, common shell, cannister
Effective Range (at 5°): up to 1,900 yards (1.1 miles)
Projectile Flight Time (at 5°): about 8 seconds
Max Range (at 35°): 5,000 yards (2.8 miles)
Projectile Flight Time (at 35°): about 21 seconds
Tube Length: 78 inches (US); 81 inches (CS)
Tube Weight: 890 lbs. (US); 1,150 lbs. (CS)
Total Weight (Gun & Carriage): 1,800 lbs. (US); 2,060 lbs. (CS)
Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
Horses Required to Pull: 6
No. in North America: approx. 630
Cost in 1862 Dollars: $180 (US); $ 300 (CS)
Cost in 1865 Dollars: $187 (US); $3,000 (CS)
Invented By: Robert Parker Parrott in 1860
US Casting Foundry: West Point Foundry, Cold Springs, NY
CS Casting Foundry: Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, VA
Special Notes: Easy to Manufacture, Inexpensive, Reliable, and Accurate to Shoot

One famous U.S. inventor was a former West Point graduate and ordnance officer named Robert Parker Parrott.
Robert Parker Parrott In 1836, Parrott resigned his rank of captain and went to work for the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring, New York. This foundry was a civilian operated business and Parrott, as a superintendent, was able to dedicate some forty years perfecting a rifled cannon and a companion projectile. By 1860, he had patented a new method of attaching the reinforcing band on the breech of a gun tube. Although he was not the first to attach a band to a tube, he was the first to use a method of rotating the tube while slipping the band on hot. This rotation, while cooling, caused the band to attach itself in place uniformly rather than in one or two places as was the common method, which allowed the band to sag in place. The 10-pounder Parrott was patented in 1861 and the 20- and 30-pounder guns followed in 1861. He quickly followed up these patents by producing 6.4-, 8-, and 10-inch caliber cannons early in the war. The Army referred to these as 100, 200, and 300-pounder Parrotts respectively. By the end of the conflict the Parrott gun was being used extensively in both armies

6-pdr. Gun

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Type: Smoothbore gun
Rarity: Common to Uncommon
Years of Manufacture: 1841 to 1863
Tube Composition: Bronze or cast iron
Bore Diameter: 3.67 inches
Standard Powder Charge: 1.25 lbs.
Projectiles: Solid shot (6.1 lb), spherical case, common shell, and cannister
Effective Range (at 5°): up to 1,523 yards
Tube Length: 60 inches
Tube Weight: 884 lbs.
Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
Horses Required to Pull: 6
No. in North America: approx. 700
Special Notes: Workhorse of Mexican War, but considered obsolete by Civil War

Model 1841 6-pounder Gun
This popular workhorse of the Mexican War era was regarded as superseded by the Union artillery, but was still heavily employed by a Confederate army that could not afford to pass up any opportunities.


6 pdr. Wiard Rifle

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Type: Rifled gun
Rarity: Rare
Years of Manufacture: Between 1861 and 1862
Tube Composition: Puddled wrought-iron (semi-steel)
Bore Diameter: 2.6 inches
Rifling Type: 8 grooves, left hand twist
Standard Powder Charge: 0.75 lbs. Black Powder
Projectiles: 6 lb. Hotchkiss bolt
Effective Range (at 35°): 7,000 yards
Tube Length: 53 inches
Tube Weight: 725 lbs.
Carriage Type: Wiard Field Carriage
No. in North America: about 60
Invented By: Norman Wiard


12 pdr. Howitzers
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Type: Howitzer
Rarity: Uncommon to Rare
Years of Manufacture: 1841 to 1863
Tube Composition: Bronze
Bore Diameter: 4.62 inches
Standard Powder Charge: 1 lb.
Projectiles: 8.9 lb. round balls
Effective Range (at 5°): 1072 yards
Tube Length: 53 inches
Tube Weight: 788 lbs.
Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
Horses Required to Pull: 6


3-in. Ordnance Rifle
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Also Known As: 3-Inch Wrought Iron Rifle
Type: Rifled gun
Rarity: Common
Years of Manufacture: 1861 to 1865
Tube Composition: Wrought iron
Bore Diameter: 3.0 inches
Rifling Type: 7 rifle grooves
Standard Powder Charge: 1 lb. Black Powder
Projectiles: 10 lb. Bolts, 8 to 9 lbs. Hotchkiss or Schenkel shells
Muzzle Velocity: 1,215 fps
Effective Range (at 5°): up to 1,850 yards
Tube Length: 73 inches
Tube Weight: 816 lbs.
Total Weight (Gun & Carriage): 1,720 lbs.
Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
Horses Required to Pull: 6
No. in North America: approx. 1000+
Cost in 1861 Dollars: $330 (US)
Cost in 1865 Dollars: $450 (US)
Invented By: John Griffen in 1855
US Casting Foundry: Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville PA
CS Casting Foundry: Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond VA (CS castings are called: 3-inch Iron Field Rifles)
Special Notes: Lightest and strongest rifled tube. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as a Rodman gun





12 Pdr. Blakely
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Type: Rifled gun, 6 or 7 saw-tooth rifle grooves
Rarity: Very Rare
Years of Manufacture: 1860 - 1861
Tube Composition: Wrought Iron or Steel
Bore Diameter: 3.5 inches
Standard Powder Charge: 1.5 lbs.
Projectiles: 12 lb. bolt
Tube Length: 59 inches
Tube Weight: 800 lbs.
Effective Range (at 5°): 1,850 yards
Invented By: Royal Artillery Captain Alexander Theopilis Blakely
Casting Foundry: Fawcett, Preston & Co., Liverpool, England
Special Notes: At least seven different varieties of Blakelys have been discovered in the many battlefields an museums across the country.





Richmond Howitzers History

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George Wythe Randolph, the first captain of the Richmond Howitzers, was born in 1818 at Monticello, the home of his maternal grandfather, Thomas Jefferson. Randolph was appointed a midshipman at the age of thirteen, and served in the navy for six years. Afterwards he studied law at the University of Virginia, and in 1850 moved to Richmond to practice his profession. He conceived the idea of the "Howitzer Battery", which began organization on November 9, 1859, himself as captain and Gaston Otey as First Sergeant.




George Wythe Randolph, the first captain of the Richmond Howitzers, was born in 1818 at Monticello, the home of his maternal grandfather, Thomas Jefferson. Randolph was appointed a midshipman at the age of thirteen, and served in the navy for six years. Afterwards he studied law at the University of Virginia, and in 1850 moved to Richmond to practice his profession. He conceived the idea of the "Howitzer Battery", which began organization on November 9, 1859, himself as captain and Gaston Otey as First Sergeant.

The Richmond Howitzers grew into a battalion of three companies by May 1861. The original company, reorganized on May 8 with the election of Captain John C. Shields, was thereafter known as the 1st Company. In November 1861 Captain Shields was promoted to Lt. Colonel and transferred, to be replaced by Lt. Wm. Palmer. In March of 1862 Captain Palmer, who desired to go into army medical service, was replaced by 1st. Lt. Edward McCarthy.

An elite unit, the Howitzers served with distinction. The 1st Company Richmond Howitzers, a four-gun battery, participated at First Manassas, the Peninsular Campaign, Seven Pines, the Seven Days' Battles, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and the retreat from Richmond to Appomattox.

At Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863, its two rifled guns expended 200 rounds of ammunition in less than two hours at Devil's Den, and the next day, one piece alone expended 300 rounds in support of Pickett's Charge. The battery saw its commander, Edward S. McCarthy, killed at Cold Harbor; felled instantly by a sharpshooter’s minie ball.

The book: "Four Years Under Marse Robert," by Major Robert Stiles of Cabell's Batallion offers these observations of the Richmond Howitzers:


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"The composition of the three companies was very similar; that is, all of them were made up largely of young business men and clerks of the highest grade and best character from the city of Richmond, but included also a number of country boys, for the most part of excellent families, with a very considerable infusion of college-bred men, for it was strikingly true that in 1861 the flower of our educated youth gravitated toward the artillery. The outcome was something quite unparalleled, so far as I know. It is safe to say that no less than one hundred men were commissioned from the corps during the war, and these of every rank from a Secretary of War down to a second lieutenant."


"Few things have ever impressed me as did the intellectual and moral character of the men who composed the circle I entered the day our guide led my brother and myself to the Howitzer Camp. I had lived for years at the North, had graduated recently at Yale, and had but just entered upon the study of law in the city of New York, when the war began... To my surprise and delight, around the camp fires of the First Company, Richmond Howitzers, I found throbbing an intellectual life as high and brilliant and intense as any I had ever known."



Time Line:
November 9, 1859 - George Wythe Randolph founds the Richmond Howitzers, a light artillery unit, and is elected captain. The Howitzers march to Charles Town to help guard John Brown during his trial and subsequent execution.

1860 - The Richmond Howitzers become Company H, 1st Virginia Volunteer Regiment.

May 3–9, 1861 - Three companies organize as the Richmond Howitzer Battalion and are mustered into Confederate service.

September 13, 1861 - The 2nd and 3rd companies, Richmond Howitzers, become a part of the 1st Virginia Artillery Regiment.

April 9, 1865 - The 1st Company, Richmond Howitzers, disbands near Red Oak Church, and the 2nd and 3rd companies surrender with the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House.

April 10, 1871 - The Richmond Howitzers reorganize as a light artillery company of the Virginia militia.

1917–1918 - The Richmond Howitzers serve as Company A, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, during World War I.

February 3, 1941 - The Richmond Howitzers enter federal service as a part of the 111th Field Artillery Regiment in the 29th Infantry Division.

1942–1945 - The Richmond Howitzers serve as Battery A, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, during World War II.

1972 - The Richmond Howitzers become Battery A, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, in the Virginia National Guard.
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The battery was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Edward S. McCarthy, who was wounded on July 3. It brought two smoothbore 12-pounder Napoleons and two 3″ Ordnance Rifles to the field.

On July 2 the battery took a position north of the Snyder farm where the marker is today. The rifles opened fire around 4:00 p.m. to support Longstreet’s attack, with the shorter ranged Napoleons in reserve. The rifles fired 200 rounds at the Devils Den. The battery received the heaviest artillery fire they had experienced, losing seven men wounded and thirteen horses killed.

On July 3 the battery was placed well in advance of the skirmish line and drove back a Federal advance with twenty rounds. It then repositioned to the center of the Confederate line on Seminary Ridge for the grand barrage preceding Pickett’s Charge. The barrage opened around 1:30, firing 300 rounds. A wheel was shot off one of the rifles and a caisson was abandoned when its team was killed. Two men were killed and two wounded and ten horses were lost. During the two days of the fighting the rifles fired about 600 rounds and the Napoleons 264.


Baltimore Artillery History
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The battery was organized in Richmond in the Fall of 1861 under the command of Captain J.B. Brockenborough (and is often refered to in Confederate histories as Brockenborough's Artillery), a young Virginia recently graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. The battery was attached to General Arnold Elzey's Brigade (which included the 1st Maryland Infantry) of Ewell's Division, at Centerville. The battery remained here until March of 1862, when General Johnson pulled back from Manassas. Shortly afterwards General Ewell was directed to march west to the Shenandoah and join General Jackson at Swift Run Gap.




Antietam: On the 15th Jackson placed the battery among the guns on Loudoun Heights, from where it participated in the reduction of Harper's Ferry. Immediately after the surrender of the garriosn, the battery force marched back across the Potomac and north to Sharpsburg. They arrived along the Antietam on the evening of the 16th and were aligned along several hills on Lee's left flank to protect both his flank and the fords to the army's rear.

On the morning of the 17th the artillery on Lee's left engaged Federal batteries for nearly two hours. Federal infantry threatened the position near mid-morning but was met by Jackson's infantry. The infantry battle soon shifted further south toward the Dunkard Church and again the artillery found itself with little suppport. Federal infantry massed infront of the artillery and soon advance. Brockenborough, temporarily in command of his battery and five others, 24 guns in all, orders his men "Do not pull a lanyard until you get the command." He waited until the Federal line was nearly on top of his guns, then all 24 opened with double canister. Three times the Federals charged, and three times they were repulsed. W.W. Goldsborough writes "The ground was literally covered - nay; piled - with the slain and amimed of the enemy."



The battery was organized in Richmond in the Fall of 1861 under the command of Captain J.B. Brockenborough (and is often refered to in Confederate histories as Brockenborough's Artillery), a young Virginia recently graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. The battery was attached to General Arnold Elzey's Brigade (which included the 1st Maryland Infantry) of Ewell's Division, at Centerville. The battery remained here until March of 1862, when General Johnson pulled back from Manassas. Shortly afterwards General Ewell was directed to march west to the Shenandoah and join General Jackson at Swift Run Gap.

The night Ewell's command marched into Jackson's camp, Old Mad Jack departed, without leaving word of where he was going. He returned several days later after his victory at McDowell, then advanced with both commands to Front Royal, where the 1st Maryland Infantry C.S.A. and U.S.A. faced off with one another. The Baltimore Light "took a prominent part "in the fight.

During Jackson's retreat up the Valley, the Baltimore Light was detailed to support Turner Ashby and Maryland Steuart's cavalry as they protected the rear of Jackson's column. The battery was hotly engaged on a daily basis. At Fishers Hill a section of the battery was surrounded and cut off from the cavalry, but managed to drive right through the enemy line to safety.

The battery supported Ashby and the 1st Maryland Infantry in their heroic engagement with the Pennsylvania Bucktails at Harrisonburg. Ashby was killed in the action. At the Battle of Cross Keys on June 8th the battery supported the 1st Maryland on the far left of Ewell's line. This was an exposed portion of the line and fell under constant fire. The battery so aquited itself that the following day, after his brigade captured two Napoleons at Port Republic, General Dick Taylor presented them to the Baltimore Light.

With Richmond threatened, Jackson marched from the Shenandoah to Gaines Mills in seven days. On June 26th the 1st Maryland, at the head of Jackson's column engaged Federal troops some ten miles from Gaines Mill. The Baltimore Light was brought to the front of the column and promptly drove the Federal off. The following afternoon the battery became hotly engaged in an open field against superior Federal artillery. Operating directly under the attention of General Jackson, the battery pressed forward to fight at close range with the enemy artillery. Federal artillery generally had the advantage over the antiquated Blakely's and Napoleons the Confederates used. The battery engaged Federal artillery again on the 29th at Dispatch Station, and July 1st at Malvern Hill.

After the defense of Richmond, the Baltimore Light and 1st Maryland Infantry, almost always together, moved to Charlottesville, where they rested for a month. Sadly the 1st Maryland was then moved to Gordonsville and disbanded, their terms of enlistment up; and the Baltimore Light joined Jackson on the Rappahanock, assigned to General Starke's Louisiana Brigade.

On August 21st the battery was heavily engaged with company M., United States Regulars. The following day the battery crossed the river, but the expedition soon encountered a large Federal force and was compelled to recross the river. The battery found itself in an intense struggle for survival, four of it's members did not survive.

Between the 24th and 26th, the battery covered 50 miles in 48 hours with nothing to eat except green corn harvested on the march. On the 26th they arrived at Manassas Junction, where Jackson allowed his men to engage in an orgy of eating the captured stores there. He then moved to Centerville, and then to Manassas. The battery supported General Jackson during the fighting on the 29th, and on the 30th was a part of Genral Lee's battalion artillery, and was involved in heavy fighting, and was instrumental in repelling the afternoon assaults on Jackson's defenses.

The battery moved with Jackson across the Potomac and spent three days in Frederick where according to their biographer their wants and needs were met by the local citizens. The battery then recrossed the Potomac with Jackson and entered Martinsburg on September 12th.

Antietam: On the 15th Jackson placed the battery among the guns on Loudoun Heights, from where it participated in the reduction of Harper's Ferry. Immediately after the surrender of the garriosn, the battery force marched back across the Potomac and north to Sharpsburg. They arrived along the Antietam on the evening of the 16th and were aligned along several hills on Lee's left flank to protect both his flank and the fords to the army's rear.

On the morning of the 17th the artillery on Lee's left engaged Federal batteries for nearly two hours. Federal infantry threatened the position near mid-morning but was met by Jackson's infantry. The infantry battle soon shifted further south toward the Dunkard Church and again the artillery found itself with little suppport. Federal infantry massed infront of the artillery and soon advance. Brockenborough, temporarily in command of his battery and five others, 24 guns in all, orders his men "Do not pull a lanyard until you get the command." He waited until the Federal line was nearly on top of his guns, then all 24 opened with double canister. Three times the Federals charged, and three times they were repulsed. W.W. Goldsborough writes "The ground was literally covered - nay; piled - with the slain and amimed of the enemy."

After Antietam the Baltimore Light was attached to the "Maryland Line" and went into winter quarters near Newmarket, Virginia.


On June 13th the Maryland Line was directed to move toward Winchester where they were to join Early's Division, which was moving north toward Maryland. At Kernstown the Line encountered part of General Milroy's command. The Maryland Line formed line of battle and the Baltimore Light began dueling with the Federal artillery, holding the enemy until Early arrived. The following day the battery was palced on a commanding hill near Winchester and commenced to bombard one of the Federal positions, Star Fort. General Gordon praised the battery's performace, and the following day convinced Early to allow the battery to have first choice from the captured Federal artillery to replace it's own guns.

At Winchester the battery was assigned to General Jenkins cavalry and was in the van as Early marched into Pennsylvania. With Jenkins the battery participated in several minor skirmishes, the capture of Carlisle, and the bombardment of Harrisburg. At Gettysburg the battery was palced on Lee's far left (ironicly all Maryland units Confederate and Federal, who fought at Gettysburg, eventually ended up on or near Culp's Hill. Both cavalry contingents fought to the east of Culp's Hill) on Brenner Hill under Major Latimer's command. As noted in the 1st Maryland Artillery's history, Brenner's Hill was dominated by Federal artillery on Cemetery Ridge and suffered greatly in the duel that ensued on the second day.

During Lee's retreat the infantry column to which the Baltimore Light was attached was unable to cross Mount Zion due to the presence of a Federal battery quite familiar to the Baltimore Light, Battery M., U.S. Regulars. The battery ran it's guns up the slope to within point blank range and after a long duel drove the Federals off. Shortly after, the battery was engaged in the cavalry bttle in Hagerstown.

Back in Virginia the battery moved about several times before it was ordered to Culpepper Court House on September 10th. During the battle the battery became engaged with a full contingent of Federal artillery. The fire was so hot that infantry support for the battery soon withdrew, leaving the battery exposed. It continued to fight valiantly until one of it's guns and crew were captured. The following day the battery took it's revenge on a Union cavalry squadron performing drills and totally oblivious to the battery's presence.

In October the battery was assigned to General Young's cavalry brigade and accompanied him on a raid beyond the Rapidan. The battery was hotly engaged at close range with enemy cavalry and artillery on the 10th at James City and 12th at Brandy Station. After the raid it was sent to Hanover Junction where it joined once again the newly formed "Maryland Line."

The battery was in position on Lee's left when on May 10, 1864, General JEB Stuart, moving to intercept Sheridan's cavalry column marching on Richmond, requested that the Maryland Line detach the batttery temporarily to his command. The battery moved to Yellow Tavern on the 11th was hotly engaged. It retired about a half a mile, but was soon order forward to a position to the left of the Brook turnpike. Sheridan brought up three batteries to battle the Baltimore Light, and for several hours they dueled one another at a range of 800 yards. Federal cavalry charged the postion several times and was greeted each time by grape and canister. Finally the Marylanders could withstand no more. According to Goldsborough, Stuart took his standard in his hands and ordered "Charge Virginians, and save those brave Marylanders!" It was his last command as dismounted Michigan trooper stepped from the fog and smoke of battle and shot him.

Yellow Tavern decimated the battery, two guns were barely saved, many of the men and horses were dead, wounded or captured. The battery limped back to Hanover Junction. It was then moved to Cold Harbor, but moved with Second Corps into the Valley. Attached to General Bradley Johnson's 1st Maryland Cavalry, the battery particpated in Johnson's advance on Fredricksburg and the battle on Catoctin Mountain that preceded it. It then accompanied Johnson on his raid through Maryland and participated in the reduction and burning of Chambersburg on July 30th.

After Chambersburg, the Confedrate column retired to Moorefield, West Virginia, where they were surprised by Federal cavalry. The battery lost thirteen men, killed and wounded before they could even load their guns. The Baltimore all but ceased to exist. The survivors moved to Newmarket, where the battery was refitted with guns and horses, and Marylanders who had served three years at Fort Sumter, joined the battery.

Rejuvinated, the battery took part in Early's ill fated Valley Campaign, fighting at Waynesboro, Fisher's Hill and Woodstock; where four guns and 23 men were captured. The remnants of the command moved to Fishersville where they hoped to refit during the winter, but were ordered to Lynchburg and then to Petersburg, where they fought as infantry.

The Baltimore Light continued as infantry west with Lee's army as it moved to link up with Johnston in North Carolina. What was left of the command surrendered at Appomattox Court House.





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Main Battery

Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company
Commanding Officer: Capt. E. S. McCarthy
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Battlefield: West Woods | Against: Gorman's Brigade's
Arms:
2 10-pdr. Parrott
2 6-pdr. Gun

Attached

Baltimore (MD) Artillery
Commanding Officer at Sharpsburg: Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough
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Battlefield: West Woods & Dunker Church | Against: Gorman's Brigades and parts of Hookers Division
Arms:
1 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
1 Blakely
1 10-pdr. Parrott
1 12-pdr. howitzer was of iron rather than the usual bronze, and was unique at the battle.

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Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.

[Theodor Christensen]

I voulenteer to do my part for the cause !

[Dutchconfederate]

I voulenteer to do my part for the cause !

You are very welcome sir!

[Dutchconfederate]

Private artillery drill camp server upon release! For the Die-hard Artillery fans join us!


https://youtu.be/u_g2kqeWc6A

[Agentsvr]

Private artillery drill camp server upon release! For the Die-hard Artillery fans join us!


https://youtu.be/u_g2kqeWc6A

Looks promising, I can't wait!

[Dutchconfederate]

https://i.imgur.com/rLsPCrF.jpg

Can't wait for the Artillery to be released!

[Dutchconfederate]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51qcP9%2BtpAL._SX260_.jpg
Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.

[Dutchconfederate]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51qcP9%2BtpAL._SX260_.jpg
Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.


http://civilwartalk.com/attachments/1stcompany-richmondhowitzers-jpg.86905/

[RhettVito]

The gun is the rallying point of the detachment, its point of honor, its flag, its banner. It is that to which the men look, by which they stand, with and for which they fight, by and for which they fall. As long as the gun is theirs, they are unconquered, victorious; when the gun is lost, all is lost."
Robert Stiles, Major of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia

[Dutchconfederate]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51qcP9%2BtpAL._SX260_.jpg
Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.


http://civilwartalk.com/attachments/1stcompany-richmondhowitzers-jpg.86905/

[Dutchconfederate]

-Privates to operate the field pieces [highly needed]
-NCO's as gunners and instructors [limited only after training and activity]
-NA located members to lead our American/ Canadian members [ 1 or 2 positions]





https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51qcP9%2BtpAL._SX260_.jpg
Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.


http://civilwartalk.com/attachments/1stcompany-richmondhowitzers-jpg.86905/

[RhettVito]

Can't wait to see ya'll take the field and destroy some yank lines ;)

[Dutchconfederate]

Can't wait to see ya'll take the field and destroy some yank lines ;)

Thank you! We are awaiting our field pieces to get passed the blockade, hopefully they will arrive soon, ans yes can not wait to destroy those blue puppets.

[Dutchconfederate]

x_X

[jchughes]

So how does artillery crew work in game? I am familiar with it from a living history/historical standpoint. I assume 8 men on a gun would get crowded.

[Dutchconfederate]

Depending on the numbers we either have 3 on a piece and one "officer" to guide the shots.