The battery lost 1 officer and 4 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 12 enlisted men by disease, a total of 18. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
September 13, 1861 |
Organized at Elmira, N.Y., and mustered in under Captain John Stocum |
October 31 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
November |
Duty at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to defenses of Washington and W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac |
January 27, 1862 |
Captain Stocum was dismissed from the service after having been orderd to report for examination. Later in the year he recruited and commanded a company in the 161st New York Infantry and was eventually promoted to major. Captain Charles C. Wheeler was appointed to take over the battery. |
March |
Attached to Artillery, Smith's 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 22 |
Moved to the Peninsula |
April 5 |
Action at Lee's Mills |
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. Army of the Potomac |
May 23-24 |
Mechanicsville |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
June 27-28 |
Garnett's Farm and Golding's Farm |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp Bridge
Captain Wheeler reported that the battery was so stricken by sickness that only two guns of the battery could be manned effectively. |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
August |
Duty at Harrison's Landing |
August 16-27 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville. Attached to 1st New York Independent Battery Light Artillery due to being reduced in numbers to the point of inefficiency |
August 28-31 |
In works at Centreville |
August 30 |
Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run |
September 1 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
South Mountain |
September 16 |
Lee's Mills |
September 17 |
Antietam |
September |
Duty at Hagerstown, Md. |
October 29-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" Captain Wheeler was honorably discharged. |
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 |
June 20 |
Attached to Battery "L," 1st New York Light Artillery and Artillery Brigade, 1st Army Corps |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The combined batteries were commanded by Captain Gilbert H. Reynolds until he was was wounded on July 1. Lieutenant George Beck then took command. The batteries brought 141 men to the field serving six Ordnance Rifles, and lost 1 gun captured.
From the monument: "Casualties July 1st, 1863 near Chambersburg Pike, 1 killed, 15 wounded, 1 missing. July 2nd and 3rd engaged with enemy from position on Cemetery Hill." |
July |
On line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River
Captain Henry W. Davis was assigned to command the battery. |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River
Captain Davis killed attempting to rally a line of infantry |
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
Reorganized as a Coehorn Mortar battery under First Lieutenant James B. Hazleton and attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac. Captain Angell Matthewson was then assigned to command the battery. |
June, 1864, to January, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign
Commanded by Lieutenant George H. Barse |
April 2 |
Assault and capture of Petersburg. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
April |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 6, 1865 |
Mustered out under Captain Matthewson |
