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It appears by the records that he transferred from Jeter's Light Artillery Company to the Heavy Artillery in May 1864.

George Martin

J. G. Poole enlisted as a Private in Captain B. A. Jeter's Company (Macbeth Light Artillery) May 14, 1863 at Spartansburg
last recorded present on March/April 1864 muster

The Capt. Jeter's Co. Light Artillery (Macbeth Light Artillery) were engaged in the following battles:
Rappahannock Station VA (23 AUG 1862)
South Mountain VA (14 SEP 1862)
Antietam VA (17 SEP 1862)
Vicksburg Campaign MS (MAY - JUL 1863)
Jackson Siege MS (JUL 1863)
Morristown (28 OCT 1864)
http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/unit34.htm

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J. G. Poole, "E" Co. SC Manigault's Bn Light Artillery 18th Battalion, S. C. Artillery, Alston's Battalion, S. C. Artillery, South Caroliona Siege Train, his one Service Record Card notes: See also, Gilchrist's Company, South Carolina Artillery

J. G. Poole, enlisted as a Private May 14, 1864 at Spartansburg in Captain C. F. Chister's Company (Gist Guard), Heavy Artillery**, last recorded present on Jan/Feb 1865 muster

**This company subsequently became Captain Gilchrist's Company, South Carolina Heavy Artillery. It was attached at different times to various South Carolina Artillery organizations, and was finally paroled as Captain Boag's Company E, Manigault's Battalion, South Carolina Artillery.

Manigault's Battalion, South Carolina Artillery

18th Heavy Artillery Battalion [often called the Siege Train Artillery
Battalion] was organized during the spring of 1862 with three companies.
Many of the men were from Charleston. It was assigned to the Department of
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and fought at Fort Sumter, Grimball's
Landing, Battery Wagner, James Island, and John's Island. In June, 1864,
Company C was transferred to Pegram's Battalion of Artillery, Army of
Northern Virginia and was active in the Petersburg siege. That December it
returned to the battalion which later served as infantry in the Army of
Tennessee. It surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Majors
Charles Alston, Jr. and Edward Manigault.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCHORRY/2005-11/1131284430

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