The battery lost 1 officer and 18 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 11 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
December 10, 1861 |
Organized at Lynnfield and Reedville and mustered in |
December 25-27 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac at Capital Hill, Defenses of Washington, D.C |
February 15, 1862 |
At Hall's Hill |
March 18-24 |
Moved to Alexandria and Fortress Monroe, Va. and attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
April 5 |
Warwick Road |
April 3-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May |
Artillery, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
May 27 |
Hanover C. H. |
May 27-29 |
Operations about Hanover C. H. |
June |
1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bridge |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2 - August 16 |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 15-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Manassas |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
October 8 |
At Sharpsburg, Md. |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Smithfield |
October 16-17 |
Kearneysville and Shephardstown |
October 30-
November 19 |
Movement to Warrenton and Falmouth, Va. |
December 11-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
July |
Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded by Lieutenant Aaron Francis Walcott. It brought 124 men to the field serving six 12-pounder Napoleons and losing six wounded. |
July 31-August 1 |
Kelly's Ford |
August 1-3 |
Brandy Station |
August October 8 |
At Beverly Ford and Culpeper C. H. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26 -
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December 6, 1863 |
At Rappahannock Station |
May 3-June 12, 1864 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Mills |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
August 18-21 |
Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad |
October 3 |
Non-Veterans mustered out |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad |
February 5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assaults on and fall of Petersburg |
April 4 |
Moved to City Point and duty there |
May 3-13 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 4-6 |
Moved to Readville, Mass. |
June 12, 1865 |
Mustered out |
