The artillery battalion attached to Johnson’s Division of Ewell’s Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Commander: Maj. Joseph W. Latimer (August 27, 1843 – August 1, 1863). Virginian; left VMI to fight for the Confederacy. Mortally wounded on the afternoon of July 2, losing his left arm; died of gangrene.

Strength: 356

Losses: 51; 22 killed, 29 wounded, 0 missing.

Monuments and Memorials of Latimer’s Battalion