2nd Regiment, Virginia Artillery (Confederate)

Brief History

 * Organized in February, 1862
 * Formed ten, twelve-month companies
 * Commander: Colonel Rober Tanaill

Companies

 * Co. A
 * Enlisted January 14, 1862, for one year
 * Reorganized May 23, 1862, subsequently becoming Company A of the 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry
 * Captains: Lawson M. Burfoot, Thomas E. Burfoot.
 * Co. B
 * "The Charlotte Chesterfield Artillery." - recruited from those counties
 * Enlisted on December 31,1861 for one year
 * Reorganized May 19, 1862, into Company B of the 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry.
 * Captain Armistead W. Baily.
 * Co. C
 * "The Southside Artillery." or "Chesterfield Artillery," from Chesterfield County
 * Organized January 7, 1862.
 * Enlisted for the war's duration on June 3, 1862, and became Captain John W Drewry's Company of Virginia Artillery.
 * Captains: Augustus H. Drewry, James B. Jones, John W. Drewry.
 * Co. D
 * Enlisted on January 20, 1862 for one year
 * Reorganized May 24, 1862 as Company D of the 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry.
 * Captains: James T. Alexander, William G. Jackson.
 * Co. E
 * Enlisted January 20, 1862 for one year under Captain Samuel F. MeGehee
 * Reorganized May 23, 1862 to become Company E 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry.
 * C0. F
 * "The Lynchburg Rebel Artillery" lynchburg County
 * Enlisted January 25, 1862 for one year under Captain Samuel W. Hawthorne
 * Reorganized June 5, 1862 to become Captain Corelius Tacitus Allen's Company F of the Virginia Artillery.
 * Co. G
 * Enlisted January 23, 1862, for one year under Captain James C. Johnson
 * Reorganized May 31,1862 as Company G 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry.
 * (Remarks on the rolls of the 9th Virginia Militia's Company A form February 28, 1862 show the names of twenty two men "transferred to Captain Johnson's Company on February 5, 1862.")
 * (Remark on the rolls of the 87th Virginia Militia's Company D show the names of twenty one men "transferred by order of General Magruder to Johnson's Voiunteer Company on February 5, 1862.)
 * Co. H
 * Enlisted February 4, 1862, for one year under Captain William W. Crosby
 * Reorganized May 19, 1862 as Company H Virginia Battalion
 * Captain: William S. Crosby, John S. Bowles.
 * Co. I
 * Enlisted February 4, 1862, under Captain F.H.Farrar
 * Evidently broken up during that May, by implementation of the "Conscription Act
 * Members then reenlisting in other Companies: forty two man ended up in Company G of the 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry.
 * Co. K
 * Enlisted February 7, 1862, for one year under Captain James C. Hane.
 * Disbanded in May of 1862 due to the Conscription Act and assigned to Company A of the 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry.

The regiment was broken up about May 23, 1862, by operation of the Conscription Act. Companies A, B, D, E, G and H were reorganized and formed the 22nd Bn. Va. Inf. Companies C and F were reorganized and became independent artillery companies. Companies I and K were disbanded and the re-enlisted men were assigned to other companies, principally to Co G and A of the battalion of the infantry.