1861 |
November 23 |
Organized at Auburn, N.Y. and mustered in under Captain Terrance J. Kennedy, First Lieutenants Andrew Cowan and William P. Wright |
December 4 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
December |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac |
January 23 |
Sergeant Theodore Atkins promoted to second lieutenant |
1862 |
March |
Attached to W. F. Smith's 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 23-24 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va. |
April 5 |
Action at Lee's Mills |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
April 16 |
Lee's Mills |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg
The battery lost 1 enlisted man killed and 2 wounded |
May |
Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps |
May 12 |
Captain Kennedy promoted to major, Third Artillery |
June 21 |
Second Lieutenant William H. Johnson promoted to First Lieutenant |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill |
June 28 |
Golding's Farm |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-24 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
The battery lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
September 26-October 29 |
At Hagerstown, Md. |
October 29 - November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
January 23 |
First Lieutenant Andrew Cowan promoted to captain |
February-April |
At Falmouth, Va. |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 5-13 |
Deep Run Ravine |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded by Captain Andrew Cowan. It brought 113 men to the field serving six Ordnance Rifles and lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and First Lieutenant William Wright and 1 other officer and 5 enlisted men wounded
From the monument:
"Double canister at ten yards.
During the cannonade preceding Longstreet's assault, the battery was engaged a sort distance farther to the left, but by order of General Webb, it moved at a gallop to this position, which Battery B, 1st R.I. Artillery had occupied. Skirmishing had just commenced. The Confederate lines were over the defenses and within ten yards of our guns. Our loss was four men and fourteen horses killed, two lieutenants and six men wounded. The battery was relieved on the morning of July 5th, and returned to the Sixth Corps." |
July 5 |
Near Fairfield, Pa. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864 |
January 9 |
First Lieutenant William Wright discharged due to his Gettysburg wound. Second Lieutenant Orasmus Van Ettan promoted to First Lieutenant |
February 27-March 2 |
Reconnaissance to Madison Court House |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House
The battery lost 3 enlisted men wounded and 1 missing |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Battles around Cold Harbor |
June 5 |
Cold Harbor
First Lieutenant Van Ettan wounded |
June 17-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 18-July 9 |
Siege of Petersburg
The battery lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 1 officer wounded |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 9-11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 12-13 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Washington |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 12 |
Cedar Creek |
August 21 |
Charlestown
The battery lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
August 28-29 |
Leetown |
September 13 |
Opequan Creek |
September 19 |
Battle of Winchester
First Lieutenant William Johnson mortally wounded and 5 enlisted men wounded |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek
The battery lost Second Lieutenant Henry D. Vaughn and 9 enlisted men killed or motally wounded and 13 enlisted men wounded |
October-November |
Duty at Kernstown |
November |
First Lieutenant William Johnson died of his Winchester wounds at National Hospital in Baltmore |
November 19 |
Second Lieutenant William Sears promoted to First Lieutenant |
December 9-12 |
Moved to Petersburg, Va. |
December |
Siege of Petersburg |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Fisher, Petersburg
The battery lost 1 enlisted man killed and 1 officer and 3 enlisted men wounded |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault and capture of Petersburg
The battery lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April |
At Farmville and Burkesville |
April 23-27 |
March to Danville |
May 18-June 3 |
March to Richmond, thence to Washington, D.C. |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
June 23 |
Mustered out under Captain Cowan, First Lieutenants Sears and Van Ettan |
