Battery C lost 2 enlisted men killed and 12 to disease.
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Organized at Philadelphia under Captain Jeremiah McCarthy |
August 5, 1861 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
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Duty at Camp Barry and in the Defenses of Washington. |
October |
Attached to W. F. Smith's Division, Army Potomac, |
March 1862 |
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 29 |
James River Road near Fair Oaks and Savage Station |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-24 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
September |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam, Md. |
September - October |
Duty in Maryland |
October 8 |
Captain McCarthy discharged |
October 29 - November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg. Atached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Corps |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Corps |
July 9 |
Moved to Maryland Heights and duty at Harper's Ferry. W. Va. attached to 1st Brigade, Lockwood's Division, Dept. Susquehanna |
August |
Attached to Maryland Heights Division, Dept. West Virginia |
October 23, 1863 |
Consolidated with Battery "D," 1st Pennsylvania Artillery |
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December, 1864 |
Second Battery C organized. Duty at Harper's Ferry, Martinsburg and in the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
April, 1865 |
Attached to 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
June 30, 1865 |
Mustered out |
