1861 |
April 18 |
Arrived at Washington, D.C. |
June |
Moved to Carlisle, Pa. Attached to Stone's Brigade, Patterson's Army, Shenandoah |
July |
Attached to Artillery, Banks' Division, Shenandoah |
July 2 |
Action at Falling Waters |
August |
Operations on the Upper Potomac |
October |
Attached to Artillery, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac |
December 17-20 |
Operations about Dams 4 and 5 |
1862 |
March |
Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps |
March 7-12 |
Advance on Winchester, Va. |
March 12 |
Occupation of Winchester |
April 15-June 17 |
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
May 24 |
Actions at Middletown and Newtown |
May 24-26 |
Retreat to Williamsport |
May 25 |
Battle of Winchester |
June |
Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
The battery was commanded by Lieutenant Edward D. Muhlenberg and brought 98 men and six Napoleons to the field. |
September-December |
At Maryland Heights |
December 10-14 |
March to Fairfax Station |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
At Stafford Court House |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded by Lieutenant Sylvanus T. Rugg, the battery brought six 12-Pounders to the field and lost 1 man wounded.
From the monument:
"July 1. Approached gettysburg on the Baltimore Pike to Two Taverns and took position to counteract any movements of the Confederates from towards Hanover. At noon moved to the Hanover Road and marched to within one and one half miles of Gettysburg.
July 2. Took position so as to command a gap between the First and Second Corps.
July 3. At 1 a.m. posted opposite the centre of the line of the Twelfth Corps and at 4:30 opened fire on the Confederates who had taken possession of a portion of the line of the Twelfth Corps the preceding night. Continued firing until after 10 a.m. when the Confederates were driven from the line. In the afternoon the Battery was exposed to a severe shelling which passed over Cemetery Hill." |
September 24-October 3 |
Movement to Bridgeport, Ala. |
October |
Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad attached to Army of the Cumberland |
1864 |
March |
Duty at Nashville, Tenn. attached to 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland until August, 1865. |
