Chew's Battery, Virginia Horse Artillery


Historical Notes:
This battery was also known as Carter's Company Horse Artillery.

Raised to support Turner Ashby's 7th Virginia Cavalry, the Ashby Battery was attached to Captain John Pelham's Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion in September 1862 and remained in the organization until the end of the war. Chew became the commander of the entire battalion in 1865.

Formed by special order of the Confederate Government on November 11, 1861 at Flowing Spring, VA., the battery was commanded from the start by Captain Chew, a native of Loudoun County who grew up in Charlestown, Va. It was armed at the beginning with a 3-inch Ordnance Rifle, a 12-pounder bronze smoothbore howitzer and an imported 3.1 inch Blakely Rifle.

"I was all through the Mexican war and in this one from its commencement up to the present time, and I never saw a battery fire so accurately and effectively as that one did on that hill today."

- Union General Pleasonton's Chief of Artillery regarding Chew's Battery at the battle of Brandy Station, as related by George Neese in a letter to Chew after the war. Officers:
Roger P. Chew (1862), James W. Thomson (1863-1864), and John W. Carter (1865) Assignments:
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The roster of this unit contains the names of 302 men. REFERENCES:
https://chewsbttyanv.tripod.com/history.htm 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.

Brock, R. A. The Appomattox Roster. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.
Originally published as Volume 15 of the Southern Historical Society Papers in 1887 by The Society, Richmond, VA. This book contains 56,000 names of men who surrendered at Appomattox. It shows the mans unit of service and some additional notes.
Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Virginia. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Virginia Civil War Soldiers Index. 1996. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 4: Virginia. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998. 1295 p. E484C65.1987v4. Contains numerous, scattered references to Virginia units.




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