The Civil War in the East

1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment, Battery H

Battery H lost 2 enlisted men killed and 10 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1862

October 14

Organized at Providence

October 23

Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Camp Barry, Military District of Washington attached to Stannard's 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, Military District Washington

January 19-23

Moved to Fairfax Station

February

Attached to Artillery, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington

March 23

Moved to Union Mills

April

Attached to Artillery, Abercrombie's Division, 22nd Army Corps

May 20

Moved to Chantilly, Va. attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps

June 25

Moved to Fairfax C. H. then to Arlington Heights and duty in the Defenses of Washington, south of the Potomac

1863

November

Assigned to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps

1864

April

Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac

May 3-10

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness attached to Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps

May 8-10

Spotsylvania

May 10-18

March to Fredericksburg, then to Aquia Creek then moved to Washington.

May

Duty at Fort Richardson

June

Attached to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps

July 10

At Fort Smith. Attached to 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps

October 16

At Camp Barry

October 25-26

Moved to City Point, Va. and attached to Dept. Virginia and North Carolina

1865

January 2

Ordered to join Army Potomac and attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps

January 2-April 2

Siege of Petersburg

March 25

Fort Fisher, Petersburg

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 2

Assault on and fall of Petersburg

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 7

High Bridge and Farmville

April 9

Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April 23-27

March to Danville

May 3-6

To Burkesville Station

May 20-June 7

Moved to Washington, D.C., via City Point and Richmond

June 8

Corps Review

June 13

Ordered to Providence, R. I.

June 28

Mustered out

July 3

Discharged