The battery lost 2 officers and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 18 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
December |
Organized at Providence |
December 7 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
December |
Duty at Camp Sprague, Defenses of Washington, D.C. Attached to Sedgwick's Division, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
January 3 |
Moved to Darnestown, then to Poolesville, Md. |
February |
At Edward's Ferry |
March |
At Bolivar Heights. Attached to Reserve Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 26-April 2 |
Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-28 |
Movement to Alexandria |
August 28-31 |
March to Fairfax C. H. |
August 31-
September 2 |
Cover retreat of Pope's army from Bull Run to Washington, D.C. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 22 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry |
October 30-November 18 |
Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va. attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May |
Attached to 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 5-13 |
Franklin's Crossing |
July |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was in reserve and not engaged |
July 5 |
Near Fairfield |
July 10-13 |
Funkstown, Md. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
At Brandy Station |
1862 |
May - June |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 17-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 9-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 12 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Washington |
July 17-18 |
Snicker's Ferry |
August - November |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
September 23-24 |
Mount Jackson |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October |
Duty at Winchester and Kernstown |
November |
Moved to Washington, D.C., and refit. Assiagned to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
December |
Moved to Petersburg, Va. and assigned to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
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December |
Siege of Petersburg |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Fisher, Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
June 24 |
Mustered out |
