Battery B lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 27 enlisted men to disease in the Civil War.
1861 |
September and October |
Organized at Baltimore, Md., with the Purnell Legion |
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Duty at Baltimore, Md., and in the eastern shore of Maryland attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md., Middle Department |
1862 |
May |
Joined Army of the Potomac on Virginia Peninsula. Peninsula Campaign. Attached to 4th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps |
June 5 |
New Bridge |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 15-22 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe then to Alexandria |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 14 |
Battle of Crampton's Pass, Md. |
September 16-17 |
Antietam |
September |
At Hagerstown, Md., |
October 29-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
May |
Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign. With Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac |
June 25 |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and duty at Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps |
July 5 |
Ordered to Frederick, Md. |
July 8 |
With Briggs' occupation of Harper's Ferry |
July |
Duty in District of Harper's Ferry |
August |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, West Virginia |
December |
Atached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division West Virginia |
1864 |
April 17 |
Moved to Martinsburg and attached to Artillery, 1st Division West Virginia |
April 30-May 16 |
Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market |
May 15 |
Battle of New Market |
May |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, West Virginia |
May 24-July 1 |
Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg |
May 24-June 6 |
Advance to Staunton |
June 5 |
Piedmont |
June 6 |
Occupation of Staunton |
June 14 |
Near Lynchburg |
June 17 |
Diamond Hill |
June 17-18 |
Lynchburg |
June 19 |
Liberty |
June 20 |
Buford's Gap |
June 21 |
Catawba Mountains and about Salem |
July |
Duty in District of Harper's Ferry attached to Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
July 27 to August 8 |
One section in operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
August 1 |
At Cumberland, Md., and in action at Falck's Mills, near Cumberland |
1864 |
April |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia |
July |
Mustered out |
