Burroughs' Company, Tennessee Light Artillery

Historical Notes:
Burroughs' Battery Tennessee Light Artillery was organized in Knoxville on May 28, 1861 as Company C, 4th Tennessee Infantry (Provisional Army). Captain William H Burroughs, who was in Knoxville assisting in drilling the new recruits, was assigned to command this company sometime in June, 1861. The battery was unable to procure field artillery pieces, and continued as part of the 4th Tennessee. In October, the battery was ordered to Cumberland Gap and the unit assumed control of the artillery there. The company remained there, detached from its parent unit until January 21, 1862. At that time the Confederate Secretary of War detached the 72 members of the battery from the 4th Tennessee Infantry and created an independent company.

Burroughs' Battery fought throughout the war in western Virginia and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee Officers:
Captain William H Burroughs Assignments:

Artillery Company, 4th Tenn. Infantry(Provisional Army of Tennessee). [May-October, 1861]

Garrison Artillery, Cumberland Gap, Dept. of East TN [October, 1861-March, 1862]

Artillery, Stevenson's Brigade Dept. of East TN [March-April, 1862]

Artillery, Taylor's Brigade, Stevenson’s Division, Army of East TN [April-August, 1862]

Artillery, Taylor's Brigade, Stevenson's Division, Army of KY[August-December, 1862]

Artillery, Gracie's Brigade, Dept. of Western VA & East TN [December, 1862-April, 1863]

Artillery, A. E. Jackson's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of Western VA & East TN [April-September, 1863]

Artillery, Unattached, Dept. of Western VA [September-November, 1863]

King's Artillery Bn., Ransom's Division, Dept. of Western VA [November, 1863-January, 1864]

Artillery, Dept. of Western VA [January-May, 1864]

Artillery, Breckinridge's Division, Dept. of Northern VA [May, 1864]

Artillery, John Hunt Morgan's Cavalry Division, Dept. of Western VA [June-September, 1864]

Artillery, Breckinridge's Division, Dept. of Western VA [September-October, 1864]

Page's Artillery Battalion, Breckinridge's Division, Dept. of Western VA [October, 1864-February, 1865]

Page's Artillery Battalion, Echols’ Division, Army of the Dept. of Western VA [February-April, 1865]

Artillery, Unattached, Army of Tennessee [April, 1865]

Battles:

Cumberland Gap, TN [March 22, 1862]

Cumberland Gap, TN [April 9, 1862]

Tazewell, TN(Not actively engaged) [July, 1862]

Waldron's Ridge, TN [August 6, 1862]

Tazewell, TN [August 9, 1862]

Siege of Cumberland Gap, TN [August 10-September 21, 1862]

Strawberry Plains, TN [June 21, 1863]

East Tennessee Campaign [August-December, 1863]

Livingston Depot, TN [September 8, 1863]

Limestone Station, TN [September 9, 1863]

Rheatown, TN [September 11, 1863]

Jonesboro, TN [September 15, 1863]

Carter's Station, TN [September 20, 1863]

Blountville, TN [September 22, 1863]

Union Station--Zollicoffer,( Now Bluff City ), TN [September 24, 1863]

Greeneville, TN [October 2, 1863]

Blue Springs, TN [October 10, 1863]

Henderson Mills, TN [October 11, 1863]

Blountville, TN [October 14, 1863]

Operations in E. TN [April 1-2, 1864] With Brig. Gen. A.E. Jackson's Cavalry Brigade

Bull's Gap Expedition, TN [April 25-27, 1864]

Deavault's Ford, TN [April 25, 1864]

Carter’s Depot, TN [April 26, 1864]

Watauga River Bridge, TN [April 26, 1864 ]

Wytheville, Virginia (Lead Mines Security) [June-August, 1864]

Burbridge's SW Virginia Raid [September-October, 1864]

Breckinridge's East Tennessee Expedition [November, 1864]

Bull's Gap, TN [November 12-14, 1864]

Stoneman's Tennessee-Virginia Raid [December 12-21, 1864]

Rye Valley, VA [December 16, 1864]

Mt. Airy(Rural Retreat) Road, VA [December 16, 1864]

Marion, VA [December 17-18, 1864]

Stoneman's Virginia-North Carolina Raid [March20-April 6, 1865]

Surrender with the Army of Tennessee at Durham Station, NC [April 26, 1865]

Paroled, Greensboro, NC [May 4, 1865]

Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 277 men.

Bibliography for Research:
Source:
https://burroughsbattery.tripod.com/id2.html