The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Reserves, Army of the Potomac

Senior First Lieutenant H M Ross, commanding the First Section, Sumter Flying Artillery

Senior First Lieutenant H M Ross, commanding the First Section, Sumter Flying Artillery

Sumter Flying Artillery

Mustered in Confederate service on 15 July, 1861, and arrived at Manassas Junction on 22 July, 1861. Not present at the first battle of Manassas

CAPTAIN A S CUTTS

First Section: Senior FIRST LT. H M Ross
Captured pieces of Company E, 3rd United States Artillery and the 2nd Rhode Island Artillery
Second Section: Junior First LT. G F Smith
Captured pieces of Company E, 3rd United States Artillery and the 2nd Rhode Island Artillery
Third Section: Junior Second LT. S Heyes
Captured pieces of Company E, 3rd United States Artillery and the 2nd Rhode Island Artillery

Sources

"That same day, it was ordered to report to Manassas, Virginia, even though the battery had been issued no guns. They arrived at Manassas on July 22, after the great battle of the day before."

"Likewise, it was reported in the Augusta Daily Chronicle and Sentinel of August 7, 1861, that the battery was in camp beyond Manassas (and) … will have charge hereafter of a portion of Sherman's (captured) battery."

"Thus, it would appear that the guns issued to Capt. Cutts were a combination of pieces captured from both of those Union batteries."

The Sumter Flying Artillery: A Civil War history of the Eleventh Battalion Georgia Light Artillery, by James L Speicher

Notes

The Sumter Flying Artillery was organised at Price's Warehouse, Americus, Georgia, on 6 July, 1861, and was mustered in Confederate service at Richmond, Virginia, on 15 July, 1861. The company was assigned to the Reserve Artillery, under the command of Colonel W N Pendleton, and was ordered to report at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, the same day, even though the company had no armament. The Sumter Flying Artillery arrived on 22 July, 1861, and many of the company visited the battlefield and saw the dead being removed or buried. The Sumter Flying Artillery was assigned to the 11th Georgia Battalion Artillery, Company A, in April 1862.

On 25 July, 1861, the Army of the Potomac was reorganised and the Sumter Flying Artillery was assigned to the Reserve Artillery, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel W N Pendleton.