CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
Richards' Company, Mississippi Light Artillery (Madison Light Artillery)
- Overview:
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Madison Light Artillery was organized at Canton, Mississippi, during the early spring of
1863 with men from Madison County. Ordered to Virginia, the unit first served at Suffolk, then
was assigned to W.T. Poague's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. It was active
from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, then fought in the Petersburg trenches in the Appomattox
Campaign. The battery had 4 officers and 87 men at Gettysburg. There were 36 present in
September, 1864, but none were at Appomattox. Its captains were Thomas J. Richards, George
Ward, and John W. Yeargain.
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