Lynch's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery

Historical Notes:
Lynch's Battery was organized at New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, in December, 1861. It contained men from Jefferson, Cocke, Greene, Washington, and Sullivan counties. The unit served as heavy artillery at Vicksburg and was captured on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged and reorganized as light artillery, it was assigned to General Vaughn's Brigade, Department of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Many of the men were killed, wounded, or captured at Marion, Virginia, and the remaining few disbanded at Christiansburg, Virginia, on April 12, 1865. Officers:
Captain John P. Lynch. Assignments:
Garrison at Vicksburg
General Vaughn's Brigade, Department of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Battles:
Vicksburg
Marion, Virginia
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 265 men.

Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Tennessee. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.