1861 |
October |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. Attached to Battery F, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
March |
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May |
Attached to 5th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-23 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria |
September |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 22 |
Ashby's Gap |
December 12-15 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January-April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May |
Attached to 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded at the battle by Lieutenant John C. Turnbull. It brought 145 men and six 12 pounders to the field, and lost 1 officer and 8 enlisted men killed, 14 men wounded, and 1 man missing. The battery lost 4 guns captured during the fighting along Emmitsburg Road on July 2, but they recovered in late afternoon.
From the monument:
July 1 Took position on crest of hill near General Meade's Headquarters.
July 2 Moved to a position on the right of a log house on the Emmitsburg road with General A. A. Humphreys' Division Third Corps. Engaged here but was compelled to retire with the loss of 45 horses killed and 4 guns which were afterwards recaptured.
July 3 Went into position near Taneytown Road on the left of Cemetery Hill.
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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 |
November |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
1864 |
February |
Consolidated with Battery C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16 to August 5 |
Siege of Petersburg |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
August 11 |
Near Winchester |
August 25 |
Near Kearneysville |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-April |
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
December |
Attached to Horse Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah |
1865 |
April |
To Defenses of Washington, D.C. Attached to Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps until August |
