Hart's Company, South Carolina Horse Artillery Volunteers (Washington Artillery)

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Brief History
Washington Light Artillery was originally organized to be attached to the Hampton South Carolina Legion. However, it never served with that command. After being stationed in South Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia and was assigned to Stuart's and R.P. Chew's Horse Artillery. . Later it joined B.C. Manly's Battalion of Artillery in the Army of Tennessee and was active in North Carolina. Surrendered on April 26, 1865 .



Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Other Sources

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book,Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat.


 * Footnote.com (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).


 * Washington Artillery Battery, (accessed 2 Apr 2011). Historical Sketch - List of battles this battery was engaged in.


 * Harby, Lee Cohen Hart's Battery    (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990) Includes a description of activities of Hart's Battery in the South Carolina Artillery (Confederate) in the following battles or localities: Brandy's Station, Va.; Burgess' Mill, Va.; Bentonville, N.C. Microform at  and Other Libraries


 * McGowan, Samuel Right Shall Make Might : an account of the celebration of the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Washington Artillery with the oration of Gen. Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville, S.C., and the transfer and reception of the war guidon of Hart's Battery, at Charleston, S.C., Washington's Day, February 22d, 1878. ( Charleston, S.C. : News and Courier Book Presses, c1878), 48 pages. Available at the Family History Library,  also Libraries where book is found.