Rigby's Battery A lost 6 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 28 enlisted men by diseasem a total of 34. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
August and
September, 1861 |
Organized at Baltimore, Md., with Purnell Legion; Attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md. |
September
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Duty at Baltimore, Md., and on eastern shore of Maryland |
May 1862 |
Joined Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula; 4th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June to August |
Peninsula Campaign |
June 25 - July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battles of Mechanicsville |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2 - August 15 |
Harrison's Landing |
August 15-22 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe and Alexandria |
September |
Artillery, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battles of Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, Md. |
September 16-17 |
Antietam |
September 18 - October 29 |
At Downsville, Md. |
October 29 - November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
January 25 - April 27 |
At White Oak Church |
May, 1863 |
4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
April 27 - May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29 - May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 11 - July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July, 1863 |
3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded by Captain James H. Rigby. It brought four officers and 102 enlisted men to the field serving six Ordnance Rifles and suffered no casualties. |
July - October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October |
Artillery Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26 - December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February 6-7 |
Morton's Ford |
March, 1864 |
Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, 22nd Army Corps |
May |
1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps |
July 3 |
Dismounted and ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va.; Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
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January, 1865 |
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia |
March 11, 1865 |
Consolidated with Battery
B, Maryland Light Artillery |
