The Civil War in the East

5th United States Artillery, Battery M

 

1861

November

Organized and attached to Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

1862

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown, Va.

May-June

Duty at Yorktown, Va.

June

Attached to Reserve Artillery, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

December

Attached to Reserve Artillery, Yorktown, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia

1863

May

Attached to 4th Army Corps, Yorktown, Va.

June 24-July 7

Dix's Peninsula Campaign

July 1-7

Expedition from White House to Bottom's Bridge

July

Joined Army of the Potomac, attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 7

Rappahannock Station

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

1864

May 4-June 12

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-21

Spotsylvania Court House

May 12

Assault on the Salient

May 22-26

North Anna River

May 28-31

On line of the Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 17 to July 9

Operations against Petersburg

June 22

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 9-12

Movement to Washington, D. C.

July

Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division

August 6-November 28

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

September

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

October

Duty at Harper's Ferry

December

Attached to Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry

1865

January

Attached to Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps

April

Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C. until August.