1st Rockbridge Artillery

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  The number of men was three hundred and five (305), of whom one hundred and seventy-three (173) were from the county of Rockbridge. Of the remainder, a large number were students, college graduates, University of Virginia men, and some divinity students. These, with the sturdy men from among the farmers and businessmen of Rockbridge Co., made up a company admirably fitted for the artillery service.

The efficiency of the battery was due in no small part to its capacity for rapid marching and maneuvering, and this to the care and management of the horses mainly by the men from this county. In the spring of 1862 a large number of men was recruited for the battery, whose names are not on the above roll, and some of whom were engaged in the battle of Kernstown.

enrolled: Three hundred and five (305)
Number from Rockbridge County: (173)
Killed in battle~  (23)
Died of disease contracted in service: Sixteen (16) Wounded more or less severely: (49)
Slightly wounded, names not given: about fifty (50)
Discharged from service for disability incurred during service: (10)
Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Federal Government while in prison, (2)
Deserted, (5)
Promoted to be commissioned officers, thirty-nine (39) Paroled at Appomattox, (93) (1st and 2nd Rockbridge Artillery-- Robert J. Driver, Jr.)