HISTORICAL NOTES:

This unit was also known as the Sumter Battalion. It was organized in the spring of 1862 with 5 companies and later reduced to 3. It was formed from the independent companies commanded by Captains Cutts, Price, Crawford and Blackshear, by S.O. 118, A&IGO (23 May 1862).

The 11th Artillery Battalion fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Maryland Campaign to Cold Harbor. During the Petersburg siege, the battalion served south of the James River and served as infantry during the Appomattox campaign. In October, 1862, the battalion had 450 effectives, 384 at Gettysburg, but only 44 present at the Appomattox surrender.

FIELD OFFICERS:

Cutts, Lieut. Col. Allen Sherrod
Pendleton, Col. J. H.
Lane, Maj. John

Gettysburg
Petersburg Siege
Appomattox

ROSTERS:

Company A - Sumter County
Company B - Sumter County
1st Company C - Sumter County
2nd Company C - Irwin Artillery - Wilkes County
Company D - Sumter County

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REFERENCES

Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies
Folsom - Heroes and Martyr's of Georgia
Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army

The Civil War in Georgia
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