The Civil War in the East

1st United States Artillery, Battery G

 

The battery is honored by two monuments on the East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg.

Monument to Batteries E & G, 1st United States Artillery, at Gettysburg

1861

January

Stationed at Fort Pickens, Fla.

May 13-26

Moved to Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor

July 8

To Washington, D.C.

July

At Arlington Heights, Va. Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army Northeast Virginia

July 14

Reconnaissance from Alexandria on Fairfax, Richmond and Mt. Vernon Roads

July 16-21

Advance on Manassas, Va.

July 17

Occupation of Fairfax Court House

July 18

Blackburn's Ford

July 21

Battle of Bull Run

August

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Richardson's Brigade, Division Potomac

October

Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac

1862

February

Temporarily attached to Batteries E and K, 1st Artillery

March

Moved to the Virginia Peninsula.

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac

May 31-June 1

Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines

June 26-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 27

Golding's Farm

June 29

Savage Station and Peach Orchard

June 30

White Oak Swamp and Glendale

July 1

Malvern Hill

July

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-28

Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centerville

August 28-September 2

Pope's Campaign in Virginia

August 29

Battles of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps

September 14

Crampton's Pass

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September 19-20

Shepherdstown Ford

September 21

At Sharpsburg, Md.

October

Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps

October 30-November 19

Movement to Falmouth

December 11-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

1863

January

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-6

Battle of Chancellorsville

May

Attached to 2nd Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

June

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army Potomac

June 17

Aldie

June 19

Middleburg

June 20-21

Upperville

June 21

Ashby's Gap

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The battery brought 84 men and four 3 inch Ordnance Rifles to the field under Lieutenant Alanson M. Randol and lost no casualties.

 

From the monuments:

"July 1&2. With First Brigade Second Cavalry Division. Not engaged.


July 3. One section under Lieut. James Chester was ordered to Second Brigade Third Cavalry Division and took position west of the Low Dutch Road and with Brig. General Custer's Second Brigade Third Division Cavalry Corps was hotly engaged in repelling the attack of Major General Stuart's Confederate Cavalry Division. The one section under Lieut. Ernest L. Kinney remained near the Hanover Road."

July 16

Shepherdstown

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

1864

February 28-March 1

Custer's Raid into Albemarle County

February 29

Near Charlottesville

March 1

Stannardsville

May 4-June 5

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Wilderness

May 8-21

Spotsylvania

May 21

Milford Station

May 23

Chesterfield

May 23-26

North Anna

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

May 31

Machump's Creek

June 1-5

Cold Harbor

June 3

Sharp's Farm

June 18

Moved to Washington, D.C. and garrison duty at Forts Willard and Strong, Defenses of Washington, 22nd Corps to October, 1865