34th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery
"Hamilton Artillery" "Flushing Battery"

1861

Originally organized as Battery L, 2nd New York Heavy Artillery

November 18

Mustered in

December 2

Left State for Washington, D.C.

December

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.

1862

March

Detached from Regiment and attached to Sturgis' Brigade, Military District of Washington

June

Attached to Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia

August 9

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.

August 16-September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia

August 20-23

Fords of the Rappahannock

August 23-24

Sulphur Springs

August 27

Buckland's Bridge, Broad Run

August 29

Battle of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September

Duty in the Defenses of Washington and in Pleasant Valley, Md. attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

October 27-November 19

Movement to Falmouth, Va. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps

November 11

Action at Jefferson

November 13 & 15

Sulphur Springs

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

December

Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

January 25

At Falmouth

February 19

Moved to Newport News, Va. and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio

March 26-April 2

To Paris, Ky.

April

Duty at various points in Kentucky

June 3-14

Movement to Vicksburg, Miss. attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee

June 14-July 4

Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.

July 5-10

Advance on Jackson, Miss.

July 10-17

Siege of Jackson, Miss.

July 18

At Milldale

August 6-14

Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio

August 18-25

March to Nicholasville, Ky.

September 9-11

To Crab Orchard. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio

October 2-29

March over Cumberland Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., thence to Lenoir Station

October 10

Action at Blue Springs

November 4-December 23

Knoxville Campaign

November 4

At Lenoir Station

November 14-15

Action at Lenoir Station

November 16

Campbell's Station

November 17-December 4

Siege of Knoxville

November 19

Designated 34th Independent Battery

December 5-19

Pursuit of Longstreet

December-March

Operations in East Tennessee

1864

March 20-April 7

Movement to Annapolis, Md. Assigned to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

May 3-June 15

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-12

Spottsylvania

May 10

Ny River

May 12-21

Spottsylvania Court House

May 12

Assault on the Salient (or "Bloody Angle")

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 23-24

Ox 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 - April 2

Siege of Petersburg

July

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg

August 18-21

Weldon Railroad

September 29-October 2

Poplar Springs Church

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

1865

March 25

Fort Stedman

April 2

Assault and fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee

April 21-27

Moved to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

June 21

Mustered out