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Historical Commanders
Henry Knox
1750 - 1806
Established the Army's first school
for artillery and officer training.
William Farquhar Barry
1818 - 1876
Chief of Artillery
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery
Union Army of the Tennessee
Edward Raynsford Warner
1835 - 1905
Chief of Staff, Artillery Inspector
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Samuel Ringgold
1796 - 1846
"The Father of the Flying (Light) Artillery"
Author and Instructor of,
Instruction for Field Artillery 1843
Henry Jackson Hunt
1819 - 1889
Chief of all Artillery, Artillery Reserve,
Army of the Potomac
Robert Anderson
1805 - 1871
Chief of Artillery, First US Regulars,
Army of the United States
Justin Dimick
1800 - 1871
Chief of Artillery, Second US Regulars,
Army of the United States
William Hays
1819 - 1875
Chief of Artillery, Artillery Reserve,
Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery, Right Grand Division,
Fredericksburg Campaign,
Chief of Artillery.
Horse Artillery Brigade
Chief of Artillery, Fifth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Robert Oliver Tyler
1831 - 1874
Chief of Siege Artillery,
Operations against Yorktown Defenses
Chief of Artillery
Center Division, Fredericksburg Campaign
Chief of Artillery
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery
Department of Washington
Henry S. Burton
1819 - 1869
Chief of Artillery, Artillery Reserve,
Army of the Potomac
Freeman McGilvery
1823 - 1864
Chief of Artillery, First Volunteer Brigade,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Alexander S. Webb
1835 - 1911
Aide-De-Camp to Brig. Gen. William F. Barry,
Army of the Potomac, from July 1861 to April 1862.
Dunbar R. Ransom
1831 - 1897
Chief of Artillery
First Regular Brigade,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Chief of the Artillery
Second Brigade, Cavalry Corps
Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery
Middle Division,
Union Army of the Shenandoah
John Milton Brannan
1819 - 1892
Chief of Artillery,
Department of the Cumberland,
Atlanta Campaign
Chief of the Artillery Reserve at Chattanooga
James Barnett
Chief of Artillery,
Department of the Cumberland
Ulric Dahlgren
1842 - 1864
Chief of Artillery, First Corps
Pope's Army of Northern Virginia
Chief of Artillery
Nineth Corps, Army of the Potomac
Fredericksburg Campaign
Charles S. Cotter
Chief of Artillery, Right Wing
Department of the Cumberland
Cyrus Orlando Loomis
1821 - 1873
Chief of Artillery, First Div., Center Corps
Department of the Cumberland
George E. Randolph
Chief of the Artillery Brigade, Third Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
James Madison Robertson
1817- 1891
Chief of Artillery, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery, First Brigade Horse Artillery,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery, Calvary (Center Grand) Division, Fredericksburg Campaign
Alanson Merwin Randol
1837 - 1887
Chief of Artillery, First Regular Brigade,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Horse Artillery Brigades, Under Horatio G. Gibson,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
George Washington Getty
1819 - 1901
Chief of Artillery. Second Brigade,
Artillery Reserve
Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery under Burnside's Command,
Ninth Army Corps
Joseph Roberts
1814 - 1898
Chief of Artillery. Seventh Army Corps,
Army of the United States
Member of the Board
for Artillery Instructions, Fort Monroe Va.
John C. Tidball
1825 - 1906
Chief of Artillery, Second Brigade Horse Artillery,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Chief of the Artillery Brigade, Second Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Chief of the Artillery Brigade, Ninth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
William Neil Dennison
1841 - 1904
Second Brigade Horse Artillery,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Howard Kitching
1838 - 1865
Chief of Artillery, First Brigade Artillery Reserve
Chief of Ammunition Train, Artillery Reserve
Army of the Potomac
John A. Tompkins
1837 - 1916
Chief of Artillery. Second Brigade,
Artillery Reserve
Army of the Potomac
Horatio Gates Gibson
1827 - 1924
Horse Artillery Brigades, Artillery Reserve,
Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery, Calvary (Left Grand) Division,
Fredericksburg Campaign
Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.
1810 - 1867
Second Brigade Horse Artillery,
Second under John C. Tidball
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery, Calvary (Right Grand) Division,
Fredericksburg Campaign
William Montrose Graham
1834 - 1916
Chief of Artillery,
Second Brigade Horse Artillery,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac
Henry Larcom Abbot
1831 - 1927
Chief of Siege Artillery,
Operations against Richmond, Petersburg Defences
Charles Henry Tompkins
1834 - 1895
Chief of Artillery, Left Division,
Fredericksburg Campaign
Chief of the Artillery Brigade,
Sixth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Charles Shiels Wainwright
1826 -1907
Chief of all Artillery Chancellorsville Campaign
Chief of the Artillery Brigade
First Army Corps, then Fifth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Thomas Scott Mather
1829 - 1920
Chief of Artillery , Thirteenth Army Corps,
Assistant Inspector General
Department of the Susquehanna
Gilford D. Bailey
1834 - 1862
Chief of Artillery, Casey's Division
Army of the Potomac
John Wesley Turner
1833 - 1899
Chief of Artillery Department of the South
J. Albert Monroe
1836 - 1891
Chief of Artillery , First Division
First Army Corps Army of the Potomac
Cornelius Spencer Hook
1836 - 1864
Chief of Artillery, Chief of Ordnance
Eighteenth Army Corps,
Department of North Carolina
Chief of Ordnance and Inspections
District of Key West & Tortugas, Florida
Henry W. Closson
1832 - 1917
Chief of Artillery, District of Pensacola
Chief of Artillery, Gen Groves Division
Nineteenth Army Corps
Chief of Artillery, Mobile Expedition
Chief of Artillery & Ordnance,
Cavalry Corps, Middle Military District
Robert Oliver Tyler
1831 - 1874
Chief of the Artillery Brigade
Second Army Corps, then Fifth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Agustus Pearl Martin
1835 - 1902
Chief of the Artillery, Morell's Division,
Army of the Potomac
Chief of the Artillery Brigade,
Fifth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Rufus Dudley Pettit
1824 - 1891
Chief of Artillery , First Division
Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
Charles Hale Morgan
1834 - 1875
Chief of Artillery Second Corps
Army of the Potomac
Emory Upton
1839 - 1881
Chief of Artillery, First Division
Sixth Corps Army of the Potomac
Romeyn B. Ayers
1825 - 1888
Chief of Artillery Second Division,
Fourth Army Corps Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery, Sixth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
Thomas W. Osborn
1833 - 1898
Chief of the Artillery Brigade
Eleventh Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
Inspector General of Artillery,
Army of the Tennessee
Clermont L. Best
1824 - 1897
Chief of Artillery Twelfth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Assistant Inspector General of Artillery
Edward D. Muhlenberg
1831 - 1883
Chief of Artillery, Geary's Division,
Army of the Potomac
Chief of Artillery Twelfth Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Richard Henry Jackson
1830 -1892
Chief of the Artillery Brigade,
Tenth & Twenty-Fifth Army Corps,
Army of the James
G. A. De Russy
1818 - 1891
Chief of Artillery, Right Division
Fredricksburg Campaign
Chief of Washington Defences,
South of Washington
Alexander Piper
1828 - 1902
Chief of Artillery
under Popes' Union Army of Virginia
Chief of Artillery, Eighteenth Army Corps
Department's of Virginia and North Carolina
Steven Hinsdale Weed
1831 - 1863
Chief of Artillery
? Division under John Pope,
Union Army of Virginia
Chief of the Artillery Brigade
Fifth Army Corps Army of the Potomac
James Thompson
1787 - 1874
Chief of Artillery, Sumners Grand Division,
Army of the Potomac
James H. Ledlie
1832 - 1882
Chief of Artillery, Department of North Carolina
Chief of Coastal Artillery,
Department's of Virginia and North Carolina
John J. Ely
1830 - 1920
Chief of Garrisoned Artillery,
Post of Nashville
Army of the Tennessee
Davis Tilson
1830 - 1895
Chief of Artillery Ords' Division
Chief of Artillery, Inspector of Artillery
McDowells' Division
Union Army of Virginia
Robert B. Hampton
1814 - 1863
Chief of Artillery, First Division,
Fifth Army Corps Army of the Potomac
George A. Gerrish
1834- 1866
Chief of Artillery, First Division
First Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
Fredericksburg Campaign
Henry A. Du Pont
1838 - 1926
Chief of Divisional Artillery,
Department of West Virginia
Andrew Hickenlooper
1837 - 1904
Chief of Artillery, McKeans' Division
Army of the Tennessee
Charles Houghtaling
1819 - 1833
Chief of Artillery, Fourteenth Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
Samuel Sherer Elder
1827/28 - 1895
Chief of Artillery, First Division
Eighteenth Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
Joseph M. Knap
1837 - 1920
Chief of Artillery, 2nd Division
12th Army Corps,
Battle of Chancellorsville
Charles J. Stolbrand
1821 - 1894
Chief of Artillery, Third Division
Seventeenth Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
William Cogswell
1838 - 1895
Chief of Artillery, First Division
Sixteenth Army Corps,
Siege of Vicksburg
John T. Cheney
1830 - 1901
Chief of Artillery, Fourth Division
Fourteenth Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
Wilbur F. Goodspeed
1836 - 1906
Chief of Artillery, Fourth Army Corps
Army of the Tennessee,
Battles of Franklin & Nashville
George Robinson
1835 - 1883
Chief of Artillery, Fourth Division,
Sixteenth Army Corps
Army of the Tennessee,
Battle of Atlanta
Assistant Artillery Inspector General
Seventeenth Army Corps
Jacob Roemer
1818 - 1896
Chief of Artillery, Second Division
Nineth Army Corps,
Siege of Vicksburg
Frank C. Sands
1830-1886
Chief of Artillery,
Seventeenth Army Corps,
Seventh Division
Siege of Vicksburg
Photograph and Information on Capt. F. C. Sands given with permission from Mark McDaniel.
Photograph of Freeman McGilvery was provided by the Maine Legacy Website, All Rights Reserved.
Said above information was compiled by R. Dennis.
John A. Reynolds
1830 - 1921
Chief of Artillery, Artillery Brigade
Twentieth Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
Ezra Taylor
1819 - 1885
Chief of Artillery, Fifth Division
Army of the Tennessee
Joseph A Haskin
1818 - 1874
Chief of Artillery
Twenty second Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
Chief of Artillery
Defenses North of the Potomac
Washington Fortifications,
Department of Washington
Charles S. Merchant
1795 - 1879
Defenses North of the Potomac,
Chief of Artillery, Fort Washington
Department of Washington
Joseph N. G. Whistler
1822 - 1899
Defenses South of the Potomac,
Chief of Artillery, First Brigade
Department of Washington
Albion Parris Howe
1818 - 1897
Inspector General of Artillery,
Artillery Depot, Washington DC
Army of the United States
James Wolfe Ripley
1794 - 1870
Chief of Ordnance Department,
Army of the United States
1861 - 1863
Alfred Mordecai
1804 - 1887
Author of The Ordnance Manual 1841
Author of the Report on the Military Commission
to Europe in 1855 to 1856
Commander of the Frankford Arsenal,
Washington Arsenal
Assistant to the Chief of Ordnance
Supervisor of Fortifications along the Atlantic
William Wheeler
1836 - 1864
Chief of Artillery, Second Division
Twentieth Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee
William R. Terrill
1824 - 1862
Chief of Artillery, Second Division
Army of the Ohio
William R. Pease
1831 - 1895
Defenses North of the Potomac,
Chief of Artillery, Third Brigade
Department of Washington
Augustus A Gibson
1819 - 1893
Defenses North of the Potomac,
Chief of Artillery, First Brigade
Department of Washington
Commander of Fort Delaware
Chief of Artillery, Provisional Division,
Richmond Campaign
Inspector General of Artillery,
Department of the East
Richard Arnold
1828 - 1882
Chief of Artillery, Franklins Division,
Army of the Tennessee
Henry Knox Craig
1791 - 1869
Chief of Ordnance Department,
Army of the United States
1851 - 1861
George D. Ramsey
1802 - 1882
Chief of Ordnance Department,
Army of the United States
1863 - 1864
Alexander Byrdie Dyer
1823 - 1891
Chief of Ordnance Department,
Army of the United States
1864 - 1874
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