The Civil War in the East

3rd New York Independent Battery

 

The battery lost 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

Monument to the Third New York INdependent Battery on the Civil War Battlefield of Gettysburg

1861

 

Organized at New York City. Originally organized as Company D, 2nd Regiment New York State Militia, later known as 82nd Regiment Infantry.

May 18

Left State for Washington, D.C.

June 17

Mustered in at Washington

June

Detached and converted into a Light Battery known as Battery B, New York Artillery. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to Schenck's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia.

July 16-21

Advance on Manassas, Va

July 21

Battle of Bull Run

August

Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to W. F. Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac

September 11

Reconnaissance's to Lewinsville

September 25

Reconnaissance's to Lewinsville

October

Attached to Hancock's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac

December 7

Designated 3rd New York Battery.

1862

March

Attached to Smith's 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

March 23

Ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va.

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

April 16

Lee's Mills

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May

Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 27-28

Garnett's and Golding's Farms

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. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps

September 14

Crampton's Pass, South Mountain

September 16

Lee's Mills

September 16-17

Antietam

September 19

At Hagerstown, Md.

October 29-November 19

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

November

Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January

Attached to Artillery, Light Division, 6th Army Corps

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February-April

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

April 29-May 2

Operations at Franklin's Crossing

May 8

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg

May 3-4

Salem Heights

May

Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps

June 5-13

Deep Run Crossing

June

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps

July 2-4

Battle of Gettysburg

Under the command of Captain Wiliam A. Ham, force marched 36 miles to arrive on the battlefield, bringing 119 men and six 10-pounder Parrott Rifles. Was in reserve and not engaged.

July 5

Fairfield, Pa.

July 10-13

Funkstown, Md.

July-October

On line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan

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

1863

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

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

Cold Harbor

June 18-19

Before Petersburg

June 18- April 2

Siege of Petersburg

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad

July 10

Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

December

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps

1865

March 25

Fort Fisher, Petersburg

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 2

Assault and capture of Petersburg

April 6

Sailor's Creek

May 7

High Bridge

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April 23-27

Moved to Danville

May 18-June 2

Moved to Richmond, then to Washington, D.C.

June 8

Corps Review

June 24

Mustered out