Havis' Georgia Battery

Havis' Georgia Battery, part of Robertson's Reserve Artillery and armed with 2 Napoleons and 1 James Rifle, was commanded on September 20, 1863, by Captain M.H. Havis, with 1st Lieutenant James R. Duncan, 1st Lieutenant Hamblin R. Felder, 2d Lieutenant C.H. Smith, and 2d Lieutenant James R. Rice. The battery was not engaged on the 19th. Soon after noon on the 20th, it came into position on this ground and opened fire on the enemy then falling back on Snodgrass Hill. About 5 o'clock p.m., the battery took position on the left of Major Williams' Battalion, in front of and west of this ground, and opened fire on the enemy's line east of Kelly Field, taking it in reverse, and continued to fire until that line at that point was abandoned and the Confederate infantry line intervened. Its casualties were 1 man killed, 1 man wounded, 1 horse killed, and 1 horse wounded.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States