1861 |
September |
Organized in Washington. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
1862 |
March |
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May |
Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
June 20 |
Near New Bridge |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill |
June 30 |
Turkey Bend |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
August 16-28 |
Movement from Harrison's Landing to Centreville |
August 28-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 29 |
Battles of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Shepherdstown Ford |
September 20 |
Shepherdstown |
October 30-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
1863 |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded by Lieutenant Malbone F. Watson and brought four 3 inch Rifles to the field.
From the monument:
July 2. About 4:30 p.m. arrived and took position north of Little Round Top 5:30 moved to the front at the Peach Orchard. On the advance of the Confederates driving back the infantry the Battery was retired across Plum Run near the Trostle House and fired shell and canister at the approaching Confederates until the Battery disabled by the loss of men and horses was captured by the 21st Mississippi Infantry. It was almost immediately recaptured with the assistance of the 39th New York Infantry and being unserviceable was taken to the Artillery Brigade.
Casualties: killed 1 man, wounded 1 officer and 18 men, missing 2 men
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July |
At Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps |
November |
Consolidated with Battery C and attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
1864 |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 22-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
June 16 to April 2 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 22 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-29 |
Deep Bottom |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Stedman. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assaults on and fall of Petersburg |
May |
Moved to Washington, D. C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June |
Duty at Washington, D. C. |
