168 Southern Historical Society Papers.
Third Brigade, Colonel William Gilham,
2 1 St regiment Virginia volunteers. 42d regiment Virginia volunteers. 48th regiment Virginia volunteers, ist battalion Provisional army. Hampden artillery.
Fourth Brigade y Colonel [W. B,"] Taliaferro.
ist regiment Georgia volunteers. 3d regiment Arkansas volunteers. 23d regiment Virginia volunteers. 37th regiment Virginia volunteers.
Returns for the month of December will be made agreeably to this organization*
By command of
Brigadier- General W. W. LoRiNG. C. L. Stevenson,
A, A, General.
Headquarters Second Artillery Battalion, ijth October, 1862.
E. Willis, Acting Chief of Artillery :
The guns under Colonel Brown^s command at present are as follows :
1. Captain Hupp's battery, consisting of two 6- pounders and two 1 2- pound howitzers (field).
2. Captain Dance has one 3-inch rifle, one 6-pounder and two 12- pound field howitzers.
3. Captain Brooks has two 6-pounders, one Napoleon and one 12- pound field howitzer.
4. Captain Poague has two lo-pound Parrott guns and two 20- pound Parrot guns (only twenty rounds to each of the latter guns).
5. Captain Smith has two lo-pound Parrott guns and two 1 2-pound heavy howitzers (Dahlgren).
6. Captain Watson has two 10- pound Parrott guns, one 12-pound heavy howitzer (Dahlgren), and one brass rifle (calibre 2 6-10).
