Graves' Battery

Graves' Battery

The Graves Battery, which had 73 troops and was led by Major Rice E. Graves, was a part of the First Kentucky C Company, led by General John C. Breckinridge. This company was, in turn, a component of the First Kentucky Brigade, nicknamed the "Orphan Brigade".

Major Rice Evan Graves, was attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, when he resigned to join the Confederate Army, according docucments on file at West Point. Graves was a native of Yelvington, Daviess County, Kentucky, about 12 miles east of Owensboro, Ky.

Battles

Major Graves led his battery into many battles such as the Battle of Shiloh; Defense of Vicksburg, 1862; Battle of Stones River; Siege of Jackson, Mississippi; Atlanta Campaign; Battle of Stockbridge; Oconee River Bridge; South Carolina Campaign; Surrender at Washington, Georgia. Major Graves was killed in action at the Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia.

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