The Civil War in the East

3rd United States Artillery, Battery L

 

1861

January-October

At San Francisco, Cal.

October 14

Ordered to New York, then to Washington, D.C.

1862

March

Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown, Va.

May

Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

June 19

New Bridge

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 26

Mechanicsville

June 27

Gaines' Mill

June 30

Turkey Bridge

July 1

Malvern Hill

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-23

Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria, Va.

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September-October

At Sharpsburg

October 30-November 19

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

December

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

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February 7

Moved to Newport News, Va.

March 21-28

To Kentucky

April

Duty in District of Central Kentucky attached to the Dept. of the Ohio

June 4-14

Moved to Vicksburg, Miss. and attached to Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee

June 14-July 4

Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.

July 4-10

Advance on Jackson, Miss.

July 10-17

Siege of Jackson

August 4-18

Moved to Covington, then to Crab Orchard, Ky. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps

September 10-26

Moved to Knoxville, Tenn.,

October 16

Action at Philadelphia

October

Attached to 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps

November 4-December 23

Knoxville Campaign

November 16

Action at Campbell's Station

November 17-December 5

Siege of Knoxville

December 17

Blain's Cross Roads

1864

January

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

January 21-22

Strawberry Plains

February-March

Duty in East Tennessee

March

Ordered to Annapolis, Md.

April

Attached to Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

May 4-16

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Wilderness

May 8-16

Spotsylvania Court House

May 16

Ordered to Washington, D.C. and duty in the Defenses of that city and Alexandria attached to Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps

1865

February

Attached to District of Alexandria, Va., 22nd Army Corps until August, 1865.