The Civil War in the East

5th United States Artillery, Battery A

 

1861

July

Organized and equipped. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C.

November 14

Mouth of Mattawoman Creek, Md.

1862

March

Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula

April

Peninsula Campaign.

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May

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

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 27

Gaines' Mill

June 28

Golding's Farm

July 1

Malvern Hill

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-23

Moved to Alexandria, Va.

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

The battery was commanded by Lieutenant Charles P. Muhlenberg. It brought 123 men to the field serving six Napoleons and lost 10 enlisted men missing.

October 30-November 17

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February

Moved to Newport News, Va.

March

To Suffolk, Va.

April 11-May 4

Siege of Suffolk. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia

April 15

Norfleet House

June 24-July 8

Dix's Peninsula Campaign

July 1-7

Expedition from White House to South Anna River

July

Duty at Portsmouth, Va. Attached to U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina

1864

April

Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James

May 4-28

Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond

May 9-10

Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church

May 12-16

Operations against Fort Darling

May 14-16

Battle of Drury's Bluff

May 16-28

On Bermuda Hundred front

May 28-June 1

Movement to Cold Harbor

June 1-12

Battles about Cold Harbor

June 15-18

Assaults on Petersburg

June 16

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps

September 28-30

Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights

December

Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps

April 2

Occupation of Richmond

April 3

Duty at Richmond and Lynchburg, Va. to August