1861 |
April |
At Camp Floyd, Utah, commanded by Captain John Gibbon. |
October |
Reached Washington, D.C. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 9-19 |
Advance on Falmouth, Va. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April |
Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg |
June |
Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
July 24-27 |
Reconnaissance from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 16-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam, Md. |
October 30-
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December |
At Falmouth |
1863 |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 1st Army Corps |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Pollock's Mill Crossing |
May 2-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Lieutenant James Stewart commanded the battery, which brought six 12 pounders to the field.
From the monument:
"July 1 In position about 200 yards south of the Seminary until 3 p.m. when ordered to the support of Brig. General J. C. Robinson's Division First Corps and took position on Seminary Ridge one half the Battery between the Chambersburg Pike and the Railroad Cut. The other half north of the cut in the corner of the woods was actively engaged. The battery afterwards retired with the troops to Cemetery Hill where it went into position on the Baltimore Pike opposite the Evergreen Cemetery commanding the approach from the town. Two guns on the Pike and two in the field having been disabled."
July 2 & 3 Remained in this position."
"Casualties killed 2 men, wounded 2 officers and 23 men, missing 3 men." |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania |
May 22-26 |
North Anna River |
May 25 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 to April 2 |
Siege of Petersburg |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad |
1865 |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads and Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run |
March 31 |
White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Dept. of Washington |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August |
