Battery A lost 1 officer and 16 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 21 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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August 5 |
Organized at Philadelphia under Captain Hezekiah Easton |
August |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and Camp at Tennallytown, Md. attached to McCall's Pennsylvania Reserve Division, Army Potomac |
October |
At Camp Pierpont near Langley, Va. |
December 6 |
Expedition to Grinnell's Farm |
December 20 |
Action at Dranesville |
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March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
April 9-19 |
McDowell's advance on Falmouth. Attached to Artillery, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April |
Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg |
June |
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond, Va. |
June 26 |
Beaver Dam Creek or Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill
Captain Easton is killed. Lieutenant John G. Simpson takes command. |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 15-26 |
Movement to join Pope. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 28 |
Battle of Gainesville |
August 29 |
Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
September 14 |
South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
The battery suffers 1 killed and 3 wounded. |
October-November |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
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January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 9 |
Ordered to Newport News and attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March |
To Suffolk. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April 12-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
June 26-July 8 |
Dix's Peninsula Campaign |
July 1-7 |
Expedition from White House to South Anna River attached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
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January |
Duty at Portsmouth, Va. attached to Heckman's Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
April |
Attached to Defenses of Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
May |
Attached to District Eastern Virginia, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
July |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond attached to Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps |
August 21 |
Captain Simpson dismissed. First Lieutenant William Stitt is promote to captain |
September 28-30 |
Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights |
October |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
December |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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April 3 |
Occupation of Richmond |
April-July |
Engaged in demolishing defenses and removing Ordnance |
July 25 |
Mustered out |
