1861 |
|
Four Companies organized at New York City |
December 9 |
Mustered in |
December 16 |
Left State for Washington, D.C., |
December 21 |
Companies consolidated, B and D forming new Battery A, and A and C forming new Battery B. |
December |
Duty in Defenses of Washington. |
1862 |
March |
Battery A attached to Richardson's 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
Battery B attached to Williams' Division, Banks' 5th Corps. |
April |
Battery B attached to Doubleday's Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown, Va. - Battery A |
May |
Battery A sections detached:
1st Section attached to Battery C, 4th United States Artillery
2nd Section to Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery, serving with 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps
3rd Section to Battery G, 1st New York Light Artillery, serving with Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines - Battery A |
June |
Battery A attached to Reserve Artillery, 2nd Army Corps as part of 1st New York, Battery G
Battery B attached to Reserve Artillery, Army of Virginia |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond - Battery A |
June 27 |
Battles of Gaines Mill - Battery A |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station - Battery A |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale - Battery A |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill - Battery A |
July |
Duty at Harrison's Landing - Battery A |
August 16-30 |
Battery A - Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville |
August 30 |
Bull Run - Battery A |
September 1 |
Centreville - Battery A |
September 2 |
Germantown Road - Battery A |
September |
Battery B at Relay House, Md., attached to 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam -Battery A |
|
Battery A - Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
October 16-17 |
Battery A near Charlestown |
October |
Battery A designated 14th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery
Battery B designated 15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery |
