Virginia's Ringgold Light Artillery

Brief History

 * Organized in February 1862.
 * It was attached to the 13th Battalion Virginia Artillery but for some time operated as an independent command.
 * The unit served in western Virginia and, assigned to J. F. King's Battalion sustained 5 casualties during the Kanawha Valley Campaign.
 * During December it contained 3 officers and 87 men.
 * Later it was involved in the Knoxville Campaign and fought at Cloyd's Mountain and New River Bridge.
 * The battery then was attached to W. H. Gibbes' Battalion, Army of Northern Virginia, participated in the defense of Petersburg, and ended the war at Appomattox as infantry.
 * Captains Crispin Dickenson and Timothy H. Stamps.


 * Roster