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Edward Porter Alexander
05-21-2016, 04:46 AM
Will but the best

Bravescot
05-21-2016, 07:51 AM
You need to pick a battery from this unit mate.

A. P. Hill
05-21-2016, 06:16 PM
Congrats and welcome to the CSA!

Mr. Bravescot is correct, you need to select from one of the five batteries that consisted of this outfit. Of the five companies, the first four served in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee and the fifth company served in the Army of Tennessee, initially under General Beauregard. The units sent to Virginia especially distinguished themselves in the defense of Marye's Heights during the Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville campaigns.

A Brief Summary of the History of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans:
1861
Jan - Board steamer National for secret mission to seize the arsenal at Baton Rouge. Return victorious on Jan 11.
May - Joined the Army of the Confederacy without permission of the Governor of Louisiana and needed a special law passed by the government of the Confederacy to avoid the attendant problems. First command to operate as an artillery battalion. Mustered in Lafayette Square in New Orleans. Companies 1, 2, 3,and 4 left for service in the Army of North Virginia with a 12 piece brass band, their French cook Edouard, cooks and servants. 20 members left behind to form the 5th Company.
August - The blue cloth dress uniforms are shipped home. The gaiters followed and the only piece of the original uniform was the gold trimmed, red kepi.
September - Each man received the Blue Gray private purchase uniform jackets. Together with the red kepi, the vest from the old uniform and sky blue trousers, the final break with the 1858 Federal style uniform was made.

So to be authentically correct, you need to decide on companies 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Thanks. :)

Kevnr23
05-23-2016, 08:59 PM
My ancestor was in this unit and was killed at Shiloh

Edward Porter Alexander
05-24-2016, 05:39 AM
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