The Civil War in the East

Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Volunteers)

Battery D lost 11 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 18 enlisted men by disease.

 

Timeline of Battery D

 

Organized at Philadelphia under Captain Edward H. Flood

August 5, 1861

Moved to Washington, D.C. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to Buell'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, Seven Pines

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 29

James River Road near Fair Oaks and Charles City Cross Roads

Lieutenant Michael Hall promoted to captain

July 1

Malvern Hill

July 19

Captain Flood promoted to Lt. Colonel

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-26

Movement to join Pope

August 26

Sulphur Springs

September

Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam (Reserve)

September - October

Duty in Maryland

October 29-November 19

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

January 20-24, 1863

"Mud March"

February-April

At Falmouth

March 21

Captain Hall resigns. Lieutenant Andrew Rosney takes cmmand of the battery

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

April 29-May 2

Operations at Franklin's Crossing

May 3

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps

May 3-4

Salem Heights

May 4

Banks' Ford

June

Ordered to Washington, D.C. and attached to Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C.

August

Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. attached to Artillery, Dept. West Virginia

December

Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia

January, 1864

Attached to Wheaton's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia

January 20

Lieutenant Rosney promoted to captain

April

Attached to Artillery Brigade, Dept. West Virginia

August to November

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

September 3

Berryville

September 6

Captain Rosney resigns. Lieutenant William Munk takes over command of the battery.

September 19

Battle of Opequan, Winchester

September 22

Fisher's Hill

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

January, 1865

Duty at Maryland Heights and in Dept. of West Virginia attached to 1st Separate Brigade, Dept. West Virginia

March 9

Lieutenant Munk promted to captain

May

Attached to 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia

June 30, 1865

Mustered out under Captaim Munk