The Civil War in the East

15th Independent New York Battery Light Artillery

 

The 15th Independent New York Battery lost 8 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 enlisted men to disease during the Civi War. The battery is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

Monument to the 15th Independent New York Battery at Gettysburg

1862

October

Organized from Battery "B," 2nd Battalion, New York Light Artillery. Attached to 8th Army Corps, Middle Department.

October

Duty at Relay House, Md.

1863

January

Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

May

Attached to 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

August

On line of the Rappahannock. Attached to 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, then 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve

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

December

2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

1864

May 3-June 15

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-12

Spottsylvania

May 12-21

Spottsylvania Court House

May 16

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 23

Jericho Ford

May 26-28

On line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 1-3

Bethesda Church

June 16-18

Before Petersburg

June 16

Siege of Petersburg begins

August 18-21

Weldon Railroad

September 29-October 2

Poplar Springs Church

December

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 22nd Army Corps, and in the Dept. of West Virginia attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia

1865

February 4

Transferred to 32nd New York Independent Battery Light Artillery