The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-08
CAMPING PLACES OF
MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY.

MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY.
The Macbeth Light Artillery was
organized with Robert Boyce, captain,
B. A. Jeter, lst lieutenant; S. w. Por-
ter, End lieutenant; H. F. Scaife, 3rd
lieutenant; William Munro, 4th lieu
tenant; c. T. Scaife, orderly SER
geant; and the following sergeants !:
Hayne Williams, B. T. Glenn, w. D..
Humphries, j. X. Young, J. M.
Bunch, Robert Gwynn, J. Clough
Meng, S. M. Dawkins. Later on a
regiment of sharpshooters was organ
lied from this company under the
leadership of Hayne Williams. Mr..
J. d. Epps was secretary to Capt. b.
A. Jeter. Capt. Boyce died in the
spring of 1863 at Wilmington. N. c.,
and Lieut.. B. A. Jeter was promoted
to the captaincy. At the beginning
of the war they started out with 1S5
men and at the close of it came out
with 20.
Camps of the Macbeth Light Ar
tillery during the struggles of 1861
to January, 1864, as recorded care
fully by the late Adj. VIM. Munro,
this valuable book now being owned
by his brother, Mr.. James Munro, a
prominent member of the Union bar:
Sept. 13, 1861, Lightwood Knot
Springs.
Nov. IA, 1861, South Carolina rail
way depot, Charleston.
Nov. Ia, 1861, Half Moon Battery,
Charleston.
March 8. 1862, Race Course, Char;
lesion. TX
May 10, 1862, Railway Accommo.
dation Wharf, Charleston.
June 3, 1862, McLeods, James Is
land.
June a, 1862, Near Secessionville,
James Island, Zone section of the bat
terry was engaged in action of Sc
cessionaD.
July ii, 1862, Fort Johnson, James
Island.
July 10, 1862, South Carolina Rail
way depot, Charleston.
July 20, 1862, On train from Char
lesion to Columbia.
July 21, Charlotte, n. c.
July "a, 1862, Greensboro, N. C.
July 26, 1862, On train from Raj
eigh, N. C.
July %, Weldon, N. c.
July 20, 1862, Petersburg, Va.
July 30, 1862, Near Fair grounds,
Richmond, Va.
Aug. Z, 1862, Laurel HILL
Aug. 10, 1862, Chicahominy river.
Aug. II. 1862, Glover Hill.
Aug. II, 1862, Louisiana Court
House.
Aug. 13, 1862, South Anna river.
Aug. 16, 1862, Gordonsville, Va.
Aug. II, 1862, Near Orangeburg
court house.
Aug. 1s, 1862, The Rapadan river.
Aug. 10, 1862, March all night.
Aug. 20, 1862, Epice Grove.
Aug. 21, 1862, Stephensburg.
Aug. %, 1862, Rappahannock Sta
ton.
Aug. %, 1862, The battery engaged
in fight at Rappahannock Station.
Aug, "a, 1862, New Jeffersonville,
Va.
Aug. 25, 1862, Waterloo Bridge.
Aug. &c, 1862, Keysville.
Aug. 27, 1862, Salem.
Aug. %, 1862, White Plains.
Aug. 20, 1862, GAINESVILLE.
Aug. 80, 1862, Battery engaged in
Manassas Plains.
Aug. 81, 1862, Stone bridge Bull
Run.
Sept. /, 1862, Union cornfields near
Centersville.
Sept. 2, 1862, Near Germantown
battlefield.
Sept. 3, 1862, Drainsville. -
Sept. a, 1862, Goose Creek.
Sept. 5, 1862, Leesburg.
Sept. 6, 1862, Point of Rocks, Md.
Sept. 7, 1862, Buckeye Town.
Sept. 8, 1862, Fredericks CITY. Md.
Sept. 8, 1862, Monocacey Bridge,
Nd.
Sept. 10, 1862, Middletown, Nd.
Sept. II, 1862, Boonsboro, Md.
Sept. IL, 1862, Hagarstown, Md.
Sept, Id, 1862, South Mountain
Gap, Md.
Sept. Is, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Sept. II, 1862, Battery was en-
gagged at Sharpsburg, Va.
Sept. 18, 1862, We crossed the Po-
tonac into Virginia.
Sept. 10, 1862, Charlestown, Va.
Sept. 20, 1862, Bird Trap, Va.
Sept. 21, 1862, Martinsburg, Va.
Sept. 22, 1862, Opequan.
Sept. 81, 1862, Bunker's Hill.
Sept. %, 1862, Bunktown.
Oct. 3, 1862, Near Winchester.
Oct. 81, 1862, Shenandoah River,
Va.
Nov. l, 1862, Front Royal.
Nov. 2, 1862, Washington.