Bryan, two quick questions:

First, about Hughey's battery. Didn't this unit accompany Cabell on his raid against Fayetteville in April 1863, and fight at Devil's Backbone in September 1863? I don't have Cabell's Fayetteville report handy, but the Devil's Backbone report is in the Official Records, ser. I, vol. 22, pt. 1, pp. 604-09. On p. 607 he mentions "the gallantry of Captain [W.M.] Hughey, commanding the battery...." My point is, are you certain Hughey's battery wasn't formed until November 1863?

Second, about Woodruff's makeshift battery. Do you know anything more about it, than Woodruff mentions in his book? Do you give his account any credence?

Thanks - Frank