1st U.S. Field Artillery
Headquarters: Fort McHenry, Maryland.
Battery A, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. Moved to Pensacola Harbor, FL, Department of the South, January 24-February 6, 1861 Moved to Fort Pickens, FL, April 13, 1861 to September 1862. Defenses of New Orleans, LA, Department of the Gulf, to February 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to August 1863. Defenses of New Orleans, LA, to January, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to August 1864.
SERVICE.--Embarked on Steamer Brooklyn for Fort Pickens, Fla., January 24, 1861, arriving in Pensacola Harbor February 6. Garrison duty at Fort Pickens until May, 1862. Action on Santa Rosa Island October 9, 1861. Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, November 22-23, 1861, and January 1, 1862. Capture of Forts McRae and Barrancas May 9. Moved to Pensacola May 13, and duty there until August. Moved to New Orleans, La.. August 30-September 3, and duty in the defenses of that city until January, 1863. Expedition up Bayou Teche January 11-18. Engagement with Steamer "Cotton" January 14. Moved to Baton Rouge, La. Expedition against Port Hudson March 7-27. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland, near Centerville. April 12-13. Jeanerette April 14. Vermillion Bayou April 17. Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-16. Moved to Port Hudson May 18-23. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Donaldsonville July 13, thence to Baton Rouge, La., August 2. Sabine Pass (Texas) Expedition September 2-12. Duty at New Orleans, La., until January, 1864. Expedition to Madisonville January 3. Garrison duty at New Orleans until July. Moved to New York July 27-August 3, thence to Washington, D.C. Consolidated with Battery F, 1st U.S. Field Artillery, and remounted. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Corps, until September, 1865, when resumed separate organization.
Battery B, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Key West Barracks, FL, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Taylor, Key West, FL, January 14, 1861, to June 1862. Attached to District of Key West, FL, Department of the South, January to June 1862. District of Beaufort, SC, Department of the South, to September 1862. District of Beaufort, SC, 10th Army Corps, Department of the South, to March 1863. District of Hilton Head, SC, 10th Corps, to July, 1863. Morris Island, SC, 10th Corps, to September, 1863. Folly Island, SC, Gordon's Division, 10th Corps, to January, 1864. District of Hilton Head, SC, 10th Corps, to February, 1864. Light Brigade, District of Florida, Department of the South, to April, 1864. 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, to May, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, to June 1864. Kautz's Cavalry Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to July 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla., until June, 1862. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., thence to Beaufort, S.C., June 18-21, and duty there until March 20, 1863. Expedition to destroy Charleston & Savannah Railroad October 21-24. Battle of Pocotaligo, S.C., October 22. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., March 20. Expedition against Charleston, S.C., April 5-13. Siege operations from Folly Island, S.C., against Morris Island, S.C., May to July. Attack on Morris Island July 10. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., July 11-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Moved to Folly Island, and duty there until November 26. Moved to Kiowah Island November 26, thence to Hilton Head, S.C., January 24, 1864. Expedition to Florida February 5-7. Capture of Jacksonville February 7. Expedition from Jacksonville to Lake City, Fla., April 7-22. Ten Mile Run, near Camp Finnegan, February 8. Barber's Place February 10. Lake City February 11. Battle of Olustee February 20. McGirt's Creek, Cedar Creek, March 1. Cedar Run April 2. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va., April 25-May 4. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 5-28. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 20-21. Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred until May 28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad June 22-30. Staunton River Bridge or Roanoke Station June 25. Sappony Church or Stony Creek June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Duty at Point of Rocks, near Petersburg, until September. Demonstration on north side of the James September 28-30. Battle of Chaffin's Farm September 28-30. Johnson's Farm, Darbytown Road, October 7. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In trenches north of the James until March, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 27-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 29-April 2. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox Court Horse April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Richmond, Va., until October, 1865. Dismounted and ordered to Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor.
Battery C, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. Attached to District of Fortress Monroe, VA, Department of Virginia, April 1861, to February 1862. Unattached, Burnside's North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April 1862. Unattached, Department of North Carolina, to December 1862. Artillery Brigade, Department of North Carolina, to January 1863. Artillery Brigade, 18th Corps, Department of North Carolina and Department of the South, to April 1863. District of Hilton Head, SC, 10th Corps, Department of the South, to June 1863. Folly Island, SC, 10th Corps, to July 1863. Morris Island, SC, 10th Corps, to December 1863. Fort Macon, NC, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, to October, 1864. Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, to October, 1865.
SERVICE.--Garrison at Fortress Monroe, Va., until February, 1862. Ordered to the field in North Carolina February 12. At Fort Hatteras, N.C., until March 12. Burnside's Expedition against New Berne March 12-14. Battle of New Berne February 14. Capture of Morehead City March 23. Operations against Fort Macon March 23-April 25. Capture of Fort Macon April 25. Garrison duty at Fort Macon until January, 1863. Foster's Expedition to Port Royal, S.C., January 26-February 5. At St. Helena Island and Hilton Head, S. C., until June. Expedition against Charleston April 3-13. Moved to Folly Island, S.C., June. Attacked on Morris Island, S.C., July 10. Siege of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg, Morris Island, and operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., July 11-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. On Ordnance duty until January, 1864. At Fort Macon, N. C., and in the Dept. of North Carolina until July. Joined Battery D, 1st U.S. Field Artillery, before Petersburg, Va., July 25, and temporarily consolidated with it. Siege of Petersburg, Va., until October. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Deep Bottom August 14. Deep Run August 15. Russell's Mills August 16. Strawberry Plains August 16-18. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Laurel Hill October 7. Duty north of the James before Richmond until October 31. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Detached from Battery D and moved to Concord, N.H., October 31-November 5, thence to Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, November 28, and duty there until October, 1865.
Battery D, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Baton Rouge Barracks, LA, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Hamilton, NY, January 13-23, 1861. Moved to Fort McHenry, MD, January 29-30, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, February 2-3, 1861. Attached to Fort Washington, MD, April to December, 1861. Fort Taylor, FL, Department of the South, to June 1862. District of Beaufort, SC, Department of the South, to September 1862. District of Beaufort, SC, 10th Army Corps, Department of the South, to April 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, to August 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, to December 1864. Artillery Brigade, 25th Army Corps, to November 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Fort Washington, Md., April 15, 1861, and duty there until December. Ordered to Fort Taylor, Fla., December 21, and duty there until June 18, 1862. Moved to Hilton Head, thence to Beaufort, S.C., June 18-21, and duty there until April, 1864. Action at Port Royal Ferry July 4, 1862. Pocotaligo, S.C., October 22, 1862 (Detachment). Expedition against Charleston April 3-12. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va., April, 1864. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., May 4-June 15. Occupation of City Point May 5. Port Walthal May 7. Swift Creek May 9. Chester Station May 10. Proctor's Creek May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Defenses of Bermuda Hundred May 20-21. Duty in the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred until June 15. Petersburg June 9. Assaults on Petersburg June 15-19. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Demonstration north of the James River August 13-20, 1864. Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Russell's Mills August 16. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown Road October 7. Duty in trenches north of James before Richmond until April, 1865. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28, 1864. Occupation of Richmond April 3, 1865. Moved to Rio Grande, Texas, May, 1865. Duty at Ringgold Barracks until November, then ordered to Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor.
Battery E, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, SC, January 1, 1861. Defense of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, April 12-13, 1861. Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 13. Reached Fort Hamilton, NY, April 19. Moved to Chambersburg, PA, June 3, and joined Patterson's army. Attached to Patterson's army to October 1861. Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to October 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to May 1863. 2nd Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to October 1865.
SERVICE.--Ordered to Washington, D.C., August 26, 1861. Duty at Arsenal and at Camp Duncan, Defenses of Washington, until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 26-July 1. Savage Station and Peach Orchard June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centerville August 16-28. Pope's Virginia Campaign August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19-20. At Sharpsburg until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15. At Falmouth, Va., until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Aldie June 17. Middleburg June 19. Upperville June 21. Ashby's Gap June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Near Harper's Ferry July 14. Shepherdstown July 16. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Custer's Raid into Albemarle County February 28-March 1, 1864. Near Charlottesville February 29. Stannardsville March 1. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 8. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-21; Milford Station May 21; Chesterfield May 23; North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Mechump's Creek May 31. Cold Harbor June 1-5. Sharp's Farm June 3. Moved to Washington, D.C., June 18. Garrison duty at Forts Willard and Strong, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, until October, 1865.
Battery F, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Duncan, Eagle Pass, Texas, January 1, 1861. Moved to mouth of the Rio Grande, TX, February 20 to March 11. Moved to Fort Taylor, FL, March 20-25. Garrison Fort Taylor, FL, until May 1861. Moved to Fort Pickens, FL, May 24, 1861, and duty there until May 1862. Attached to District of Fort Pickens and Pensacola, FL, Department of the South, to August 1862. Defenses New Orleans, LA, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to March 1864. Artillery, Cavalry Division, Department of the Gulf, to June 1864. Defenses of Washington, DC, 22nd Army Corps, to October 1865.
SERVICE.--Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, Fla., November 22-23, 1861, and January 1, 1863. Capture of Forts McRae and Barrancas May 9. Moved to Pensacola, Fla., May 13, and duty there until August. Moved to New Orleans, La., August 30-September 3, and duty in the defenses of that city until February, 1863. Moved to Baton Rouge, La. Expedition to Port Hudson, La., March 7-27. Moved to Brashear City April 2-7. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland April 12-13. Jeannette April 14. Vermillion Bayou April 17. Expedition from St. Martinsville to Breux Bridge and Opelousas April 17-21. Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-16. Moved to Port Hudson, La., May 18-23. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Baton Rouge July 13-August 2. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4-12. Western Louisiana ("Teche") Campaign October 3-November 17. At New Iberia until December. Moved to New Orleans and duty there until March, 1864. Red River Campaign. Moved to Alexandria on Red River March 30-April 3, and duty there until May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22, with Lucas' Cavalry Brigade, Marksville May 15. Avoyelle's Prairie, Mansura, May 16. At Morganza until June. Expedition from Morganza to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 5. Moved to New Orleans, thence to New York July 27-August 3, and to Washington, D.C., August 5. Duty in the Defenses of that city until October, 1865. Moved to Fort Trumball, Conn.
Battery G, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Barrancas Barracks, FL, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Pickens, FL, January 10 to May 1861. Moved to Fort Hamilton, NY, May 13-26, thence to Washington, DC, July 8. At Arlington Heights, VA, until July 16. Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August 1861. Richardson's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac (temporarily attached to Batteries E and K, 1st Artillery, February, 1862), to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to October 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to May 1863. 2nd Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864.
SERVICE.--Reconnaissance from Alexandria on Fairfax, Richmond and Mt. Vernon Roads July 14. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Occupation of Fairfax Court House July 17. Blackburn's Ford July 18. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 26-July 1. Golding's Farm June 27. Savage Station and Peach Orchard June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centerville August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Crampton's Pass September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19-20. At Sharpsburg, Md., until October 30. Movement to Falmouth October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15. At Falmouth until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-6. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Aldie June 17. Middleburg June 19. Upperville June 20-21. Ashby's Gap June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Shepherdstown July 16. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Custer's Raid into Albemarle County February 28-March 1. Near Charlottesville February 29. Stannardsville March 1. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 5. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania May 8-21. Milford Station May 21. Chesterfield May 23. North Anna May 23-26. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Machump's Creek May 31. Cold Harbor June 1-5. Sharp's Farm June 3. Moved to Washington, D.C., June 18, and garrison duty at Forts Willard and Strong, Defenses of Washington, 22nd Corps, to October, 1865.
Battery H, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, SC, January 1, 1861. Defense of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, April 12-13, 1861. Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 13 and reached Fort Hamilton, NY Harbor, April 19. Moved to Chambersburg, PA, June 3, and joined Gen. Patterson's army. Ordered to Washington, DC, arriving August 28. Attached to Reserve Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to December 1863. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to March 1864. Camp Barry, DC, to April 1864. Consolidated with Battery I, 1st U.S. Light Artillery, April 20, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1865. Department of Washington, ?.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Moved to Virginia Peninsula March. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Washington, D.C., August 16-23. Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad November 10-12. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15. "Mud March" January 20-24. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7. At Falmouth until April. Rappahannock Bridge April 14. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania May 8-21. North Anna May 23-26. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-7. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Black Creek or Tunstall Station and White House or St. Peter's Church June 21. St. Mary's Church June 24. At Light House Point June 29-July 27. At Camp Barry until September. Arthur's Swamp September 29. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 1. Wyatt's Road October 1. Boydton Plank Road October 27-28. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 12. Dabney's Mills February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Namozine Church April 3. Paine's Cross Roads April 5. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23.
Battery I, 1st U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort McHenry, MD, January 7-12, thence to Washington, D.C., January 29, 1861, and duty there until July. Attached to Wilcox's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August 1861. Stone's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Stone's (Sedgwick's) Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. Reserve Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, to November 1863. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1865. Defenses of Washington, DC, 22nd Corps.
SERVICE.--Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Moved to Poolesville, Md., August 7-15. Duty there and at Edward's Ferry until March, 1862. Ball's Bluff October 21, 1861. Edward's Ferry October 22. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Peach Orchard and Savage Station July 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Moved to Alexandria, Va., August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Harper's Ferry until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg December 11-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Advance to line of the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Bristoe Station October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21; North Anna River May 23-26; Totopotomoy May 28-31; Cold Harbor June 1-7; Gaines' Mill, Salem Church and Haw's Shop June 2. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Black Creek or Tunstall Station and White House or St. Peter's Church June 21. St. Mary's Church June 24. At Light House Point June 29-July 27. At Camp Barry, D.C., until September. Arthur's Swamp September 29. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 1. Wyatt's Road October 1. Boydton Plank Road October 27-28. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Namozine Church April 3. Paine's Cross Roads April 5. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23.
Battery K, 1st U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Fort Duncan, Eagle Pass, Texas, January 1, 1861. Moved to mouth of the Rio Grande, TX, February 20 to March 11. Moved to Fort Taylor, FL, March 20-25. Garrison Fort Taylor, FL, to January 1862. Moved to Washington, DC. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Reserve Artillery, 5th Army Corps, to December 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864. Camp Barry, Washington, DC, to August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Horse Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah.
SERVICE.--Moved to Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centerville August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15. At Falmouth, Va., until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford June 9. Upperville June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Williamsburg and Hagerstown, Md., July 6. Boonsboro July 8. Benevola or Beaver Creek July 9. About Funkstown July 10-13. Brandy Station August 1-4. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-15. Culpeper Court House September 13. Robertson's Ford September 15. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Jeffersontown October 12-13. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Reconnaissance from Bealeton to Front Royal January 1-4, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. North Anna May 23-26. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Ream's Station June 21. Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad June 22-30. Nottaway Court House June 23. Sappony Church or Stony Creek June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Moved to Washington, D.C., July 12-14. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Kearneysville August 25. Leetown and Smithfield August 28. Smithfield Crossing, Opequan Creek, August 29. Savior's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 15. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 21. Milford September 22. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Port Republic September 26-27. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Defenses of Washington and Shenandoah Valley until August, 1865.
Battery L, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Duncan, Eagle Pass, Texas, January 1, 1861. Moved to mouth of the Rio Grande, TX, February 20 to March 11. Moved to Fort Jefferson, FL, March 20-25, and to Fort Pickens, FL, May 24, 1861. Attached to District of Fort Pickens and Pensacola, FL, Department of the South, to September 1862. Defenses New Orleans, LA, Department of the Gulf, to December 1862. Grover's Division, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to August 1863. Artillery Reserve, 19th Army Corps, to January 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to August 1864. Defenses of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Horse Artillery (Reserve), Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah.
SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Pickens, Fla., until May, 1862. Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, November 22-23, 1861, and January 1, 1862. Reconnaissance on Santa Rosa Island January 27-31, 1861. Capture of Forts McRae and Barrancas May 9. Moved to Pensacola May 13, and duty there until August. Moved to New Orleans, La., August 30-September 3, and duty there until December. Moved to Baton Rouge, La., and duty there until March, 1863. Expedition to Port Hudson March 7-27. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland April 12-13. Porter's and McWilliams' Plantation at Indian Bend April 14. Irish Bend April 14. Bayou Vermillion April 17. Expedition to Breux Bridge and Opelousas April 17-21. Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-16. Moved to Port Hudson May 18-23. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Baton Rouge July 13-August 2. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4-12. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 17. At New Iberia until December. Moved to New Orleans, La., and duty there until March, 1864. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23. At Alexandria during construction of dam April 30-May 10. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Marksville May 15. Avoyelle's Prairie, Mansura, May 16. At Morganza until June. Moved to New York, thence to Washington, D.C., July 27-August 5. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Near Kearneysville August 25. Leetown and Smithfield August 28. Smithfield Crossing, Opequan, August 29. Savior's Ford, Opequan, September 15. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 21. Milford September 22. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Port Republic September 26-27. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
Battery M, 1st U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Brown, Texas, January 1, 1861. Moved to the mouth of the Rio Grade, TX, March 9. Moved to Fort Jefferson, FL, March 19-24, 1861, and stationed there to June 16, 1862. Moved to Hilton Head, SC, June 16-20; thence to Beaufort, SC, June 21. Attached to District of Beaufort, SC, Department of the South, to September 1862. United States Forces, Port Royal Island, SC, 10th Corps, Department of the South, to November 1863. United States Forces, Hilton Head, SC, 10th Army Corps, Department of the South, to February 1864. Artillery, District of Florida to April 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, to May 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, to August 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, to December 1864. Artillery Brigade, 25th Army Corps, to May 1865. Department of Texas to December 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Beaufort, S.C., until November, 1863. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C., October 21-23, 1862. Action at Frampton's Plantation, Pocotaligo, October 22. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., November, 1863, and duty there until February, 1864. Expedition to Jacksonville, Fla., February 5-7, Occupation of Jacksonville February 7. Expedition from Jacksonville to Lake City, Fla., February 7-22. Battle of Olustee February 20. Duty in District of Florida until April. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va., April 26-May 5. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 5-28. Wier Bottom Church May 9. Proctor's Creek May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Front May 16-June 16. Green Plains May 20. Attack on Redoubt Dutton June 2. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Duty on the Bermuda front June 16 to August 28, 1864. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 29-30. Darbytown Road October 7. Duty at New York during presidential election of 1864 November 2-17. Return to Army of the James November 17-22. Duty in trenches before Richmond until March 27, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 27-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 28-April 2. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At City Point until June 7. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, June 7-July 1. At Brownsville until December, Moved to New Orleans, thence to New York December 31, 1861, to January 15, 1866.
The 1st U.S. Field Artillery Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 75 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 116 Enlisted men by disease. Total 175.
2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Headquarters: Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
Battery A, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, January 7-13, 1861. Moved to Fort Hamilton, NY, April 4-5. Expedition to relief of Fort Pickens, FL, April 8-21. Return to Washington. Attached to Blenker's Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June to August 1861. Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Blenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to February 1863. Artillery Reserve, attached to 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, attached to 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1865. Department of Washington, 22nd Corps.
SERVICE.--Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Near Williamsburg May 4. Mechanicsville May 23-24. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Cog's Point July 31-August 1. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 11-12. Boonsborough September 15. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Upperville and Bloomfield November 2-3. Snicker's Gap November 3-4. Markham Station November 4. Amissville November 10. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7, 1863. Stoneman's Raid April 29-May 8. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Emmettsburg, Md., July 4. Williamsport and Hagerstown July 6. Boonsborough July 8. Old Antietam Forge July 10. Falling Waters July 14. Chester Gap July 21-22. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Raccoon Ford September 14-16. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Groveton October 17-18. Gainesville and Buckland Mills October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. New Hope Church November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Barnett's Ford February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. Cold Harbor June 1-7. Gaines' Mill, Salem Church and Haw's Shop June 2. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Black Creek or Tunstall Station and White House or St. Peter's Church June 21. St. Mary's Church June 24. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 29, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Lee's Mills July 12, 1864. Demonstration north ½ of the James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Malvern Hill July 29. Lee's Mills July 30. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Gravel Hill August 14. Deep Run August 16. Strawberry Plains August 16-18. Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station, August 23. Ream's Station August 23-25. Poplar Grove Church September 29-October 2. Arthur's Swamp September 30-October 1. Boydton Plank Road October 27-28. Reconnaissance toward Stony Creek November 7. Stony Creek Station December 1. Warren's Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Namozine Church April 3. Payne's Cross Roads April 5. Amelia Springs April 5. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. Moved to Washington, D.C. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D.C.
Battery B, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. Attached to Department of Virginia, April 1861, to September 1861. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. Consolidated with Battery L, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery, May 1862, and attached to 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac, to February 1863. 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac and Shenandoah, to December 1864. Reserve Artillery, Middle Military Division, to April 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Big Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861. Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, Hatteras Inlet, N. C., August 28-29. Moved to Washington, D.C., September, and duty there until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Near Williamsburg May 4. Sistersville, New Kent Court House, May 9. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11. Frederick, Md., September 12. Catoctin Mountain September 13. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Markham Station November 4. Warrenton November 6. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 8. Stoneman's Raid April 29-May 8. Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford June 9. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Brandy Station August 1-4. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Raccoon Ford October 10. Morton's Ford, Stevensburg, and Kelly's Ford October 11. Brandy Station or Fleetwood October 11-12. Oak Hill October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-9. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. New Hope Church November 27. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Brock Road and the Furnaces May 6. Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church or Richmond fortifications May 12. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Hanovertown May 27. Crump's Creek and Haw's Shop May 28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-7. Siege of Petersburg June 16-August 5. Deep Bottom July 27-29. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Tell Gate, near White Post, and near Newtown August 11. Cedarville, Guard Hill or Front Royal August 16. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal September 21. Milford September 22. Waynesboro September 29. Tom's Brook October 8-9. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Expedition to Lacey Springs December 19-22. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and at Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
Battery C, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Independence, MA, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, FL, January 10-18, 1861, and duty there until September 1861. At Fort Pickens, FL, until May 1862. Attached to District of Fort Pickens, FL, Department of the South, to May 1862. District of Pensacola, FL, Department of the South, to September 1862. New Orleans, LA, Department of the Gulf, to December 1862. Grover's Division, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to December 1863. District of Baton Rouge, LA, Department of the Gulf, to February 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, to July 1864. Defenses of Washington, DC, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Action on Santa Rosa Island, Fla., October 9, 1861. Engagement with Confederate Batteries at Barrancas November 22-23. Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, January 1, 1862. Moved to Pensacola May 13, and duty there until September. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence to Baton Rouge December, and duty there until March, 1863. Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland April 12-13. Irish Bend April 14. Bayou Vermillion April 17. Advance on Port Hudson May 12-24. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Baton Rouge, La., and duty there until March, 1864. Red River Campaign March to May. At Alexandria, La. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Moved to Washington, D.C., July, 1864, and duty there until August, 1865. Consolidated with Battery E, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery, August 24, 1864.
Battery D, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fayetteville Arsenal, NC, January 1, 1861. Attached to Wilcox's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June to August 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Artillery, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Department of the Rappahannock, to May 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Reserve Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Horse Artillery, Defenses of Washington, DC, 22nd Army Corps, to October 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Advance to Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Peninsula Campaign May to August. West Point May 7. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Raccoon Ford September 14-16. Reconnaissance across the Rapidan September 21-23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Raccoon Ford and Morton's Ford October 10. Morton's Ford, Stevensburg, and near Kelly's Ford October 11. Brandy Station or Fleetwood October 11-12. Oak Hill October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Wilderness May 5-7. Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Haw's Shop May 28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-7. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Black Creek or Tunstall Station and White Horse or St. Peter's Church June 21. Siege of Petersburg June 29-August 2. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Malvern Hill July 28. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Tell Gate, near White Post, and near Newtown August 11. Near Kearneysville August 25. Leetown and Smithfield, W. Va., August 28. Smithfield Crossing, Opequan, August 29. Sevier's Ford', Opequan, September 15. Battle of Opequan September 19. Fisher's Hill September 21. Milford September 22. Tom's Brook October 8-9. Duty at Winchester and in the Shenandoah Valley until December, and at Pleasant Valley, Md., until April, 1865. At Washington, D.C., until October, 1865.
Battery E, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Augusta Arsenal, GA, January 1, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, February 1-7. Attached to Schenck's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, June to August 1861. Artillery Division, Army of the Potomac, to October 1861. Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 5th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to December 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to February 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June 1863 Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Department of the Ohio, to August 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Department of the Ohio, to March 1864. Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864. Camp Barry, Washington, DC, 22nd Army Corps, to November 1864. Consolidated with Battery C, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery, August 24, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, November 1864, to October 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Occupation of Fairfax Court House July 17. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Near Williamsburg May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Centreville, Va., August 16-28. Battle of Groveton August 29. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Warrenton or Sulphur Springs November 15. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Newport News February 10, and duty there until March 19. Movement to Kentucky March 19-23. Duty in District of Central Kentucky until June. Moved to Vicks burg, Miss., June 7-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 4-18. March to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Operations in East Tennessee until March, 1864. Ordered to Annapolis, Md. Rapidan (Va.) Campaign May 4-June 7. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania May 8-21. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-7. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Ordered to Washington, D. C., and duty in the Defenses of that city until October 1865.
Battery F, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Little Rock Arsenal, AR, January 1, 1861. Moved to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO, February 8-22, 1861. Attached to Army of the West and Department of Missouri to February, 1862. Artillery Division, Army of Mississippi, to April 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November 1862. Artillery, 8th Division, Left Wing, 13th Army Corps, Department of Tennessee, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to March 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, MS, 16th Army Corps, to May 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, TN, 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to November 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to November 1864. Artillery, District of Nashville, TN, Department of the Cumberland, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Expedition from St. Louis, Mo., to Booneville, Mo., June 13-17, 1861. Capture of Jefferson City June 14. Booneville June 17. Expedition from Springfield to Forsyth July 20-25. Forsyth July 22. Battle of Wilson's Creek August 10. Moved to Commerce, Mo., February, 1862. Operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island No. 10, Mississippi River, February 28-April 8. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-23. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Corinth until September. Battle of Iuka September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Hatchie River October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty at Corinth, Miss., until May, 1863, and at Memphis, Tenn., until October. Movement to Prospect, Tenn., October 18-November 13. Duty there and at Decatur, Ala., until April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 13, 14 and 15. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 9-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., Bridgeport, Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn., until August, 1865.
Battery G, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Mackinac, MI, January 1, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, May 1861. Attached to Davies' Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, June to August 1861. Kearney's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Artillery, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to January 1862. Artillery, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to August 1863. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Defenses of Washington, DC, south of the Potomac, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Near Fairfax Court House July 17. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until March, 1862. Moved to Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Near Williamsburg May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Alexandria, Va., August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper-Court House September 13. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. New Hope Church November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Barnett's Ford February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 2. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 2. Dismounted June 2 and ordered to Washington, D.C. Duty in the Defenses of that city until August, 1865.
Battery H, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort McHenry, MD, January 7-12, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, February 1. Moved to Fort Hamilton, NY, April 4-5. Expedition to relief of Fort Pickens, FL, April 8-21. Duty at Fort Pickens and Barrancas, FL, District of Pensacola, FL, until May 1864. Action on Santa Rosa Island October 9, 1861. Engagement with Confederate Batteries at Pensacola, November 22-23, 1861. Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, January 1, 1862. Moved to Baltimore, MD, May 1864, and garrison duty at Fort McHenry until August 1865.
Battery I, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Randall, Nebraska Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD, April 13-18, 1861. Attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, MD, June 1861 to July 1862. Defenses of Baltimore, MD, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to January 1863. 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to May 1864. 2nd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, Defenses of Washington, DC, north of the Potomac, to July 1864. 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to November 1864. Fort Foote, Defenses north of the Potomac, 22nd Army Corps, to April 1865. Department of the Cumberland to August 1865. Middle Department to August 1865.
SERVICE.--On garrison duty at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD, until May 1864, and in the Defenses of Washington, DC, until April 1865. Moved to Alabama as Infantry April 1865; to Chattanooga, TN, June 1865, and to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD, August 1865.
Battery K, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Plattsburg Barracks, NY, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Hamilton, NY, January 21-22. Moved to Fort McHenry, MD, January 29-30. Moved to Washington, DC, February 1. Moved to Fort Lafayette, NY, April 4-5. Ordered to Fort Pickens, FL, April 8-20. Attached to District of Pensacola, FL, Department of the South, to August 1862. District of West Florida, Department of the Gulf, to May 1864. New York, Department of the East, to August 1864. Defenses of Baltimore, MD, 8th Corps, Middle Department, to August 1865.
SERVICE.---Garrison duty at Fort Pickens, FL, until May 1864. Engagement with Confederate Batteries at Pensacola, November 22-23, 1861. Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, January 1, 1862. Moved to Fort Hamilton, NY, May 1864, and to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD, August 1864. Duty at Fort McHenry and at Federal Hill until August 1865.
Battery L, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. Attached to Department of Virginia to September 1861. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. Consolidated with Battery B, 2nd U.S. Field Artillery, May 1862, and attached to 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac, to February 1863. 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Reserve Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Fortress Monroe, Va., until September, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty there until March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Peninsula Campaign April to August. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September 7-22. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11. Frederick September 12. Catoctin Mountain September 13. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Markham Station November 4. Warrenton November 6. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 8. Stoneman's Raid April 29-May 6. Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford June 9. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Brandy Station August 1-4. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Raccoon Ford October 10. Morton's Ford, Stevensburg, and Kelly's Ford October 11. Brandy Station or Fleetwood October 11-12. Oak Hill October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. New Hope Church November 27. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Wilderness May 5-7. Brock Road and the Furnaces May 6. Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church, Fortifications of Richmond, May 12. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Hanovertown May 27. Crump's Creek and Haw's Shop May 28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-7. Siege of Petersburg June 16-August 5. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Toll Gate, near White Post, and near Newtown August 11. Cedarville, Guard Hill or Front Royal August 16. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal September 21. Milford September 22. Waynesboro September 29. Tom's Brook October 8-9. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Expedition to Lacey Springs December 19-22. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and at Washington, D.C., until August. Moved to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md., August, 1865.
Battery M, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Fort Brown, TX, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Hamilton, NY, March 13-30, 1861; thence to Fort Pickens, FL, April 6-17. Ordered to Washington, DC, June 1861. Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, to August 1861. Franklin's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to February 1863. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. Reserve Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Occupation of Fairfax Court House July 17. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Near Williamsburg May 4. Hanover Court House May 27. Operations about Hanover Court House May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Action at Malvern Hill August 5. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Poolesville, Md., September 7. Barnesville September 9. Monocacy Church September 9. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11. Frederick September 12. Catoctin Mountain September 13. Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Shepherdstown and Martinsburg October 1. Pursuit of Stuart into Pennsylvania October 9-12. Mouth of Monocacy and White's Ford October 12. Philomont November 1. Union, Bloomfield and Upperville November 2-3. Barbee's Cross Roads November 5. Waterloo Bridge November 7. Corbin's Cross Roads, near Amissville, November 10. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Stevensburg May 9. Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford June 9. Upperville June 21. Hanover, Pa., June 30. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Hunterstown July 2. Smithburg July 5. Williamsport and Hagerstown July 6. Boonsboro July 8. Hagerstown July 12-13. Williamsport and Falling Waters July 14. Advance to the Rapidan September 13-17. Reconnaissance across the Rapidan September 21-23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. James City October 10. Bethesda Church and near Culpeper October 10. Morton's Ford October 11. Near Warrenton, White Sulphur Springs, November 11. Brandy Station October 11. Groveton October 17-18. Gainesville, Buckland's Mills and Catlett's Station October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Morton's Ford November 26. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Wilderness May 6-7. Alsop's Farm May 8. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. Beaver Dam Station May 9-10. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church or Richmond fortifications May 12. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Demonstration on Little River May 27. Hanovertown May 27. Haw's Shop May 28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-7. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station June 11-12. Mallory's Cross Roads June 12. Black Creek or Tunstall Station and White House or St. Peter's Church June 21. Siege of Petersburg June 29-August 5. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester August 17. Near Kearneysville August 25. Abraham's Creek, near Winchester, September 18. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal September 21. Milford September 22. Waynesboro September 29. Tom's Brook October 8-9. Expedition to Lacey's Springs December 19-22. Sheridan's Expedition from Winchester February 27-March 25, 1865. Occupation of Staunton and action at Waynesboro March 2. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 12. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Moved to Washington, D.C., and duty there until August. Moved to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.
The 2nd U.S. Field Artillery Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 50 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 118 Enlisted men by disease. Total 174.
3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Headquarters: San Francisco, California.
Battery A, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Point, CA, February 28-March 5. Carlton's Expedition from Southern California through Arizona to New Mexico April 13-September 20, 1862. Duty at various posts in New Mexico until 1865, then ordered to Boston, MA.
Battery B, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Fort Point, CA, February 28-March 5. Stationed at Fort Point during the entire war.
Battery C, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, January 1, 1861. At San Francisco, CA, until October 1861. Ordered to New York, October 14, 1861; thence moved to Washington, DC. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. (Attached to Battery G, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery, May to October 1862.) 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. (Battery G broken up October 1862.) Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to February 1863. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 2nd Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. (Consolidated with Battery F, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery and Battery K, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery from March 1864.) Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Horse Artillery, Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Operations about White House June 26-July 2. Rejoined army via Gloucester Point. Malvern Hill August 5. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Middletown, Md., September 13. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Aldie October 31. Mountsville October 31. New Baltimore, Salem and Thoroughfare Gap November 4. Rappahannock Station November 7-9. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Aldie June 17. Middleburg June 19. Upperville June 22. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Smithburg, Md., July 5. Jones' Cross Roads, near Williamsport, July 10-13. Robertson's Ford September 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Bridge November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond February 28-March 4, 1864. Fortifications of Richmond March 1. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. Salem Church May 27. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to August 5. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Winchester August 11. Near Kearneysville August 25. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865. In Defenses of Washington until August, 1865.
Battery D, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, January 1, 1861. Stationed at San Francisco, CA during entire war.
Battery E, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Fort Ridgely, MN, January 1, 1861. Moved to Elkton, MD, April 14-24. Moved to Washington, DC, May 1861. Attached to Sherman's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, to August 1861. Sherman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to October 1861. William T. Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Department of the South, to July 1862. District of Hilton Head, SC, Department of the South, to September 1862. United States Forces, Hilton Head, SC, 10th Army Corps, Department of the South, to June 1863. United States Forces, Folly Island, SC, 10th Army Corps, to July 1863. United States Forces, Morris Island, SC, 10th Army Corps, to January 1864. Artillery, Folly Island, SC, Northern District, 10th Army Corps, to February 1864. Artillery, Ames' Division, District of Florida, Department of the South, to April 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, to May 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, to June 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, to August 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, to December 1864. Artillery Brigade, 25th Army Corps, to January 1865. Artillery, 3rd Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Department of North Carolina, to March 1865. Artillery, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Department of North Carolina.
SERVICE.--Occupation of Arlington Heights, Va., May 24, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Blackburn's Ford July 18. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Expedition to Port Royal, S. C., October 21-November 7. Bombardment and capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, November 7. Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., until February, 1862. Expedition to Florida February 25-March 5. At Hilton Head, S, C., until May. Operations on James Island, S.C., June 1-28. Action on James Island June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. At Hilton Head, S.C., until October. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S. C., October 21-23. Action at Pocotaligo October 22. At Hilton Head, S.C., until June, 1863. Moved to Folly Island, S.C. Attack on Morris Island, S.C., July 10. Operations on Morris Island against Forts Wagner and Gregg and against Fort Sumter and Charleston July 10-September 7. Assault on Fort Wagner July 18. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Operations on Morris and Folly Islands against Charleston until January, 1864. Expedition to Florida February 5-7. Expedition from Jacksonville to Lake City, Fla., February 8-22. Battle of Olustee February 20. Duty at Jacksonville until April. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 5-28. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown Road October 7. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. Second Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 3-15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Near Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Occupation of Wilmington February 22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-13. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in Dept. of North Carolina until ?.
Battery F, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. Attached to Battery K, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, October 1861, to May 1862. 5th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to November 1863. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,. to March 1864. (Consolidated with Battery C, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery, February 1864.) Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Reserve Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Alexandria August 16-23. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until November. Movement to Falmouth, Va. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania May 8-21. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to August 5. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Winchester August 11. Near Kearneysville August 25. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and in the Defenses of Washington until August, 1865.
Battery G, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, January 1, 1861. At San Francisco, CA, until October 1861. Ordered to New York October 14, thence moved to Washington, DC. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac (attached to Battery C, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery), March to May 1862. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to October 1862. Ordered to Virginia Peninsula, March 1862. Siege of Yorktown, April 5-May 4. Near Williamsburg, May 4. Seven days before Richmond, June 25-July 1. At White House rejoin army via Gloucester Point. Malvern Hill, August 5. Maryland Campaign, September 6-22. Middletown, MD, September 13. Battle of Antietam, September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford, September 19. Broken up October, 1862.
Reorganized April, 1864. Attached to Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. Fort Foote, Defenses of Washington north of the Potomac, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Rapidan Campaign May 4-14, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania Court House May 8-14. Ordered to Washington May 14, and duty in the Defenses of that city north of the Potomac until August, 1865.
Battery H, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Alcatraz Island, CA, January 1, 1861. Battery on duty at San Francisco, CA during entire war.
Battery I, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Presidio of San Fransico, CA, January 1, 1861. Battery on duty at San Francisco, CA, until July 1864, and in the Department of the East until ?.
Battery K, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. (Attached to Battery F, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery.) Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, October 1861 to May 1862. 5th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to November 1863. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February 1864. (Consolidated with Battery C, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery, February 1864.) 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Horse Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah, to April 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-23. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until November. Ashby's Gap September 22. Movement to Falmouth, Va. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to August 5. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Winchester August 11. Near Kearneysville August 25. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
Battery L, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Umpqua, Washingotn Territory, January 1, 1861. At San Francisco, CA until October 1861. Ordered to New York, October 14, thence to Washington, DC. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, March to May 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863, and Department of the Ohio to June 1863. Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to October 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, to January 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April 1864. Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, DC, 22nd Army Corps, to February 1865. District of Alexandria, VA, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4, 1862. New Bridge June 19. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria, Va., August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Sharpsburg until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 7; thence to Kentucky March 21-28. Duty in District of Central Kentucky until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 4-18. Moved to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Action at Philadelphia October 16. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Blain's Cross Roads December 17. Strawberry Plains January 21-22, 1864. Duty in East Tennessee until March, 1864. Ordered to Annapolis, Md. Rapidan Campaign May 4-16. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-16. Ordered to Washington, D.C., May 16, and duty in the Defenses of that city and Alexandria until August, 1865.
Battery M, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, January 1, 1861. At San Francisco, CA, until October 1861. Ordered to New York, October 14, thence to Washington, DC. Attached to Battery L, 3rd U.S. Field Artillery, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, March to May 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863, and Department of the Ohio to June 1863. Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Deprtment of the Ohio, to October 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, to January 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April 1864. Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, DC, 22nd Army Corps, to February 1865. District of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. New Bridge June 19. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Sharpsburg until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News February 7, thence to Kentucky March 21-28. Duty in District of Central Kentucky until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 4-18. Moved to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Action at Philadelphia October 16. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Blain's Cross Roads December 17. Strawberry Plains January 21-22, 1864. Duty in East Tennessee until March. Moved to Annapolis, Md. Rapidan Campaign May 4-16. Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-16. Ordered to Washington, D.C., May 16, and duty in the Defenses of that city and Alexandria, Va., until August, 1865.
The 3rd U.S. Field Artillery Regiment lost during the war 2 Officers and 39 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 67 Enlisted men by disease. Total 111.
4th U.S. Field Artillery
Headquarters: Fort Randall, Nebraska Territory.
Battery A, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, April-October 1861. Consolidated with Battery C, 4th U.S. Field Artillery at Washington, DC, October 1861. Attached to Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. (Batteries A and C separated October 18, 1862.) Reserve Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, to May 1863. Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July 1864. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, DC, 22nd Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glen- dale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-28. Cover Pope's retreat August 28-September 2. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. At Harper's Ferry September 22-October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. At Falmouth, Va., until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 16. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Made a Horse Battery July 15, and attached to 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. Advance to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Reconnaissance across the Rapidan September 21-23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. White Sulphur Springs October 12. Bristoe Station October 14. St. Stephen's Church October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Parker's Store November 29. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 4, 1864. Wilderness May 5-7. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. North Anna River May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church, Fortifications of Richmond, May 12. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 1. Dismounted and sent to Washington, D.C., June 4. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, April-October 1861. Attached to McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Department of the Rappahannock, to June 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. Artillery Brigade, 1st Army Corps, to March 1864. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, to May 1865. Department of Washington, DC, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg until August. Reconnaissance from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House July 24-27. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. At Falmouth until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania May 8-21. North Anna River May 22-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28, 1864. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads March 29. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Battle of Five Forks April 1. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
Battery C, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, January 1, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, April-October 1861. (Attached to Battery A, 4th U.S. Field Artillery until October 1862.) Attached to Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May 1863. 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to November 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to March 1864. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to April 1864. (Consolidated with Battery E, 4th U.S. Field Artillery as a Horse Battery, April 11, 1864.) 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December 1864. Horse Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah, to May 1865. Attached to 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad March 28-31. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-28. Cover Pope's retreat August 28-September 2. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Harper's Ferry September 22-October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. At Falmouth until April, 1863. Chancel-1orsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Craig's Meeting House May 5. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Wilderness May 6-7. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. North Anna River May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church, Richmond fortifications, May 12. Strawberry Hill May 12. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Totopotomoy June 3. Long Bridge June 12. Riddell's Shop June 13. White Oak Swamp June 13. Siege of Petersburg June 16-August 5. Ream's Station June 22. Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad June 22-July 1. Nottaway Court House June 23. Staunton River Bridge June 25. Sappony Church, Stony Creek, June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Expedition from Winchester into Faquier and Loudoun Counties November 28-December 3. Expedition to Gordonsville December 19-28. Liberty Mills December 22. Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March 25, 1865. Occupation of Staunton and action at Waynesboro March 2. Duguidsville March 8. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Scott's Cross Roads April 2. Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond Creek April 4. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. March to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington until August.
Battery D, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. Attached to District Fortress Monroe, VA, Department of the Virginia, to July 1862. Viele's Command, Norfolk, VA, 7th Army Corps, Department of Virginia, to April 1863. Unattached, Artillery, 7th Army Corps, Department of Virginia, to June 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to August 1863. United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to December 1863. Artillery Brigade, United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA, to April 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, to August 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, to December 1864. Artillery Brigade, 25th Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in District of Fortress Monroe, Va., until May, 1862. Capture of Norfolk, Va., May 10. Duty at Norfolk, Va., until April, 1863. Reconnaissance to Franklin on the Blackwater October 3, 1862. Franklin October 31. Action at Deserted House January 30, 1863. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., until April, 1864. Butler's operations en south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-June 16. Swift Creek May 9. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Darbytown Road October 7, 1864. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Texas May-June, and duty there.
Battery E, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Randall, Nebraska Territory, January 1, 1861. Reorganized at Camp Monroe, OH, and joined Rosecrans in West Virginia. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to September 1861. Scammon's Brigade, Department of West Virginia, to October 1861. Kelly's Command, Railroad District, Department of West Virginia, to January 1862. Artillery, Lander's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April 1862. Artillery, Shields' Division, Department of the Shenandoah, to May 1862, and Department of the Rappahannock to June 1862. Unattached Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February 1863. Reserve Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps (Horse Artillery Reserve), Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to March 1865. Horse Artillery Reserve, attached to 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah and Army of the Potomac, to May 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in West Virginia until March, 1862. Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-12. Battle of Winchester March 23. Occupation of Mt. Jackson April 17. March to Fredericksburg May 10-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 8-9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23. Bristoe Station August 27. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Reconnaissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Charlestown October 16. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Operations at Welford's, Kelly's and Beverly Fords April 14-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Hanover, Pa., June 30, Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Hunterstown, Pa., July 4. Boonsboro, Md., July 8. Hagerstown July 10-13. Falling Waters July 14. Expedition to Port Conway September 1-3. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. James City, Bethesda Church and near Culpeper October 10. Brandy Station October 11. Gainesville October 14. Groveton October 17-18. Gainesville, New Baltimore, Buckland's Mills and Haymarket October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Craig's Meeting House May 5. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Wilderness May 6-7. Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24. North Anna River May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church and fortifications of Richmond May 12. Strawberry Hill May 12. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Totopotomoy June 2. Long Bridge June 12. Riddell's Shop and White Oak Swamp June 13. Siege of Petersburg June 16-August 5. Ream's Station June 22. Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad June 22-July 1. Nottaway Court House June 23. Staunton River Bridge June 25. Sappony Church, Stony Creek, June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Expedition from Winchester into Faquier and Loudoun Counties November 28-December 3. Expedition to Gordonsville December 19-28. Liberty Mills December 22. Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March 25, 1865. Occupation of Staunton and action at Waynesboro March 2. Duguidsville March 8. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Scott's Cross Roads April 2. Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond Creek April 4. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D.C., until August.
Battery F, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Ridgely, MN, January 1, 1861. Moved to Washington, DC, April 13-18, 1861. Moved to Carlisle, PA, June 1861. Attached to Stone's Brigade, Patterson's Army of the Shenandoah, July 1861. Artillery, Banks' Division, Army of the Shenandoah, to October 1861. Artillery, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps, to April 1862, and Department of the Shenandoah, to June 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. Artillery Brigade, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to March 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Falling Waters July 2, 1861. Operations on the Upper Potomac until March, 1862. Operations about Dams 4 and 5 December 17-20, 1861. Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-12. Occupation of Winchester March 12. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley April 15-June 17. Actions at Middletown and Newtown May 24. Retreat to Williamsport May 24-26. Battle of Winchester May 25. Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. At Maryland Heights until December. March to Fairfax Station December 10-14, and duty there until January 20, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. At Stafford Court House until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till March, 1864, and duty at Nashville, Tenn., until August, 1865.
Battery G, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
Stationed at Fort Randall, Nebraska Territory, January 1, 1861. Reorganized at Cincinnati, OH, and joined McClellan in West Virginia, July 1861. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to September 1861. Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia, to December 1861. Defenses of Washington, DC, to March 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery Reserve, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to November 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to October 1864.
SERVICE.--West Virginia Campaign July 6-17, 1861. Moved to Cheat Mountain and duty there until December, 1861. Action at Greenbrier River October 3-4. Blue's Gap January 7, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., and duty there until March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Bottom's Bridge June 28-29. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-6. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battles of Chattanooga, Tenn., November 23-25; Bushy Knob November 23; Orchard Knob November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February, 1864, and post duty thru until October. Transferred to Battery I, 4th U.S. Artillery, October, 1864. Remounted as a Battery at Washington, D.C., February, 1865, and duty in the Defenses of that city until August.
Battery H, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Randall, Nebraska Territory, January 1, 1861. Arrived at Louisville, KY, January 1862. United with Battery M, 4th U.S. Field Artillery, February 1862 to January 1863. Attached to 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, February to May 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Left Wing, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to October 1864. Transferred to Battery I, 4th U.S. Field Artillery, October 1864.
SERVICE.--Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25, 1862; thence march to Savannah, Tenn., to reinforce Army of the Tennessee March 20-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Bridge Creek May 22. Tuscumbia Creek May 31. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 22. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Danville October 11. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 9, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31 and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Reserve Artillery at Nashville, Tenn., until October. Transferred to Battery I, October, 1864. Reorganized at Washington, D.C., February, 1865, and duty in the Defenses of that city until August, 1865.
Battery I, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Randall, Nebraska Territory, January 1, 1861. Joined McClellan in West Virginia, July 1861, and served unattached, Army of Occupation, Department of West Virginia, to September 1861. 3rd Brigade, Kanawha Division, Department of West Virginia, to December 1861. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Center Wing, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to April 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, TN, Department of the Cumberland, to October 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Cumberland, to November 1864. Artillery, 6th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi, to February 1865. Artillery, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to ?.
SERVICE.--Campaign in West Virginia July 6-17, 1861. Rich Mountain July 11-12. Carnifex Ferry September 13. Operations in Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19-November 16. New River November 5-11-12. Ordered to Kentucky December, 1861. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 2, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 20-April 8. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August, 1862. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., November 4-17. Duty there and at Murfreesboro until June, 1863. Expedition to Chapel Hill March 3-6. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Harpeth River near Triune March 8. Action at Franklin June 4. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. At Chattanooga until March, 1864, and garrison Artillery at Nashville until October. Nashville Campaign November-December. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Spring Hill December 18. Richland Creek December 24. King's Gap near Pulaski December 25. Sugar Creek December 25. Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24, 1865. Near Montevallo March 31. Ebenezer Church near Maysville April 1. Selma April 2. Montgomery April 12. Columbus, Ga., April 16. Capture of Macon April 20.
Battery K, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Ridgely, MN, January 1, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, August 1861 to June 1862. Artillery Reserve, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, to May 1863. Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps, to March 1864. Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, to June 1865. Dept. of Washington, DC, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Washington, D.C., August, 1861, and duty there until March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Glendale and Brackett's June 30. Malvern Hill July 1 and August 5. Moved to Alexandria August 16-23, and duty there until November. Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad November 10-12. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, July 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. McLean's Ford, Bull Run, October 15. Advance to the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 22-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22, 1864. Deep Bottom July 27-29. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Hatcher's Run October 27-28. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-14. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Hatcher's Run, Boydton Road, March 30-31. White Oak Road March 31. Sutherland Station April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C, May. Grand Review May 23. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until August, 1865.
Battery L, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fortress Monroe, VA, January 1, 1861. Attached to District Fortress Monroe, VA, Department of Virginia, to July 1862. Artillery Division at Suffolk, VA, 7th Army Corps, Department of Virginia, to April 1863. Unattached, Artillery, 7th Army Corps, to June 1863. Artillery, 1st Division; 7th Army Corps, to August 1863. U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to December 1863. U. S. Forces, Yorktown, VA, Department Virginia and North Carolina, to April 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, to December 1864. Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Newport News, Va., between "Monitor" and "Merrimac" March 8, 1862. Duty at Fortress Monroe until July, 1862, and at Suffolk, Va., to July, 1863. Expedition from Suffolk December 1-3, 1862. Franklin on the Blackwater December 2. Expedition toward the Blackwater January 8-10, 1863. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Providence Church Road May 3. Duty at Portsmouth, Va., until December, 1863. Expedition from Portsmouth to Jackson, NC, July 25-August 3. Moved to Yorktown, Va., December, 1863, and duty there until April, 1864. Wistar's Expedition from Yorktown against Richmond February 6-8, 1864. Expedition into King and Queen County March 9-12. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Port Walthal May 6. Chester Station June 6-7. Swift Creek May 9. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Movement to Cold Harbor May 28-31. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Assault on Petersburg June 15. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Fall of Petersburg and Richmond April 2-3. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia until August, 1865.
Battery M, 4th U.S. Field Artillery
Stationed at Fort Randall, Nebraska Territory, January 1, 1861. At Louisville, KY, January 1862. (United with Battery H, 4th U.S. Field Artillery, February 1862, to January 1863.) Attached to Artillery, 5th Division, Army Ohio, to May 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army Ohio, to September 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Left Wing, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to March 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of Cumberland, to October 1864. Croxton's Cavalry Brigade to November 1864. Artillery Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to February 1865. Garrison Artillery, Bridgeport, AL, to August 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25, 1862, thence march to Savannah, Tenn., to reinforce Army Tennessee March 20-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Bridge Creek near Corinth May 28. Tuscumbia Creek May 31. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Danville October 11. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 9, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27. At Bridgeport, Ala., to March, 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., until October, 1864. Attached to Croxton's Cavalry Brigade until November. Nashville Campaign November-December. Shoal Creek November 4. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until February, 1865. Garrison Artillery at Bridgeport, Ala., until July.
The 4th U.S. Field Artillery Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 87 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 119 Enlisted men by disease. Total 216.
5th U.S. Field Artillery
Regiment organized in 1861.
Battery A, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized and equipped July, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, March to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to May, 1864. Dept. of Virginia, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Mouth of Mattawoman Creek, Md., November 14, 1861. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Peninsula Campaign April to August. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Gaines' Mill June 27. Golding's Farm June 28. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Alexandria, Va., August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February, thence to Suffolk, Va., March. Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4. Norfleet House April 15. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 8. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1-7. Duty at Portsmouth, Va., until April, 1864. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. On Bermuda Hundred front May 16-28. Movement to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Assaults on Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Occupation of Richmond April 3, 1865. Duty at Richmond and Lynchburg, Va., until August, 1865.
Battery B, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized November, 1862. Duty at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor, until June, 1863. Attached to 1st Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna, June-July, 1863. Unattached, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. West Virginia, to May, 1864. Artillery Brigade, West Virginia, to December, 1864. Reserve Division, West Virginia, to January, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, 3rd Division, Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1865. Artillery, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to July, 1865. Dept. of Washington, D.C., to ?.
SERVICE.--Ordered to Dept. of the Susquehanna June, 1863, thence to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., July, 1863. Duty there and in the Dept. of West Virginia, until April, 1864. Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg, W. Va., to New Market, Va., April 29-May 15, 1864. Battle of New Market May 15. Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg, Va., May 26-July 1. Lynchburg July 17-18. Catawba Mountains June 21. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley and in the Dept. of West Virginia, until July, 1865. At Washington, D.C., until ?.
Battery C, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized September, 1861. Attached to Artillery, McCall's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862, and Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to February, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to July, 1863. Camp Barry, Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to November, 1863. Consolidated with Battery I, 5th U.S. Field Artillery, November, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1865. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to June, 1865. Dept. of Washington, D.C., to ?.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C,. until April, 1862. Advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. McDowell's advance on Richmond May 25-28. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula June. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Fort Monroe, thence to Centreville, Va., August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. South Mountain, Md., September 14. Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Draft riots in New York July 3-15. At Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., until November. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21; Po River May 10. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 22-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-29. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Assaults on Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22, 1864. Deep Bottom July 27-29. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D.C.
Battery D, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
"The West Point Battery"
Stationed at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, January 1, 1861. Designated as the West Point Battery. Moved to Washington, D.C., January 31, 1861. Redesignated as Battery D, 5th U.S. Field Artillery and attached to Porter's Division, Army Potomac, October, 1861, to March, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, to December, 1863. Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to March, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Consolidated with Battery G, 5th U.S. Field Artillery, November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to June, 1865. Dept. of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to ?.
SERVICE.--Rockville Expedition June 10-July 7, 1861. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until March, 1862. Lewinsville, Va., September 11, 1861. Reconnaissance to Lewinsville September 25. Edward's Ferry October 22. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Howard's Mills April 4. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Hanover Court House May 27. Operations about Hanover Court House May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsburg June 26. Gaines Mill June 27. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Reconnaissance to Smithfield, W. Va., October 16-17. Kearneysville and Shepherdstown October 16-17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29-30. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., until March, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21; North Anna River May 22-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad August 18-21, 1864. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads and Lewis' Farm March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Battle of Five Forks April 1. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D.C., until ?.
Battery E, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized May, 1862, and on duty at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor, until June, 1863. Ordered to Dept. of the Susquehanna, and duty in Pennsylvania until April, 1864. Ordered to Washington, and attached to 3rd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to May, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1865. Dept. of Washington, D.C., to ?.
SERVICE.--Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Siege of Petersburg June 17, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22, 1864. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Assaults on and fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 17-23, and duty there until May. Moved to Richmond, thence to Washington, D.C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until ?.
Battery F, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized September, 1861. Attached to W. F. Smith's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to December, 1863. Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to May, 1865. Dept. of Virginia, to ?.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Gaines' Mill June 27. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Moved to Alexandria August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. South Mountain September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg. May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., until July, 1864. Joined 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, before Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond, Va., July, 1864, to April, 1865. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30, 1864. Chaffin's Farm October 29. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 2, 1865. Fall of Petersburg and Richmond April 2. Duty at Richmond and in Dept. of Virginia, until ?.
Battery G, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized and equipped June, 1862. Duty at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor, until December, 1862. Moved to New Orleans, La., and duty there until March, 1863. Attached to Defenses of New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to May, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Port Hudson, La., to August, 1863. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to February, 1864. Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. District of LaFourche, La., Dept. Gulf, to August, 1864. U.S. Forces, Mobile Bay, Dept. Gulf, to October, 1864. New York, Dept. of the East, to November, 1864. Consolidated with Battery D, 5th U.S. Field Artillery, November, 1864. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1865. Dept. of Washington, D.C., to ?.
SERVICE.--Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27, 1863. Advance on Port Hudson May 18-23. Action at Blain's Store May 21. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9, and garrison duty there until August. At Baton Rouge, La., and New Orleans, La., until February, 1864. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Henderson's Hill March 21. Monett's Ferry and Cloutiersville March 29-30. Natchitoches March 31. Crump's Hill, Piney Woods, April 2. Wilson's Farm April 7. Bayou de Paul, Carroll's Mills, and Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. About Cloutiersville April 22-24. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22. Duty in the District of LaFourche until August. Operations in Mobile Bay, Ala., against Fort Gaines and Morgan August 2-23. Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3-5. Siege and capture of Fort Morgan August 5-23. Ordered to New York October, 1864. Moved to City Point, Va., November 1, 1864, and consolidated with Battery D, 5th U.S. Field Artillery. Siege of Petersburg November, 1864, to April, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Junction Quaker and Boydton Roads and Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Battle of Five Forks April 1. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D.C.
Battery H, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized September, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., November, 1861, thence to Munfordsville, Ky., and duty there until February, 1862. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, Army Ohio, to May, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. Artillery, 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. Cumberland, to April, 1865. Dept. of the East to ?.
SERVICE.--Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., to reinforce Army Tennessee March 20-April 8. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16. Lawrenceburg, Ky., October 8. Dog Walk October 9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Kimbrough's Mills, Mill Creek, December 6. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. At Chattanooga until March 25, 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., until August 31. Pulaski September 27. Moved to Tullahoma September 29. Operations against Wheeler October. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., October 31, and duty there until April, 1865. Moved to Fort Richmond, N.Y., April, 1865.
Battery I, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized September, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to November, 1863. (Consolidated with Battery C, 5th U.S. Field Artillery, November 1863.) Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1865. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to June, 1865. Dept. of Washington to ?.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Near New Bridge June 20. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Turkey Bend June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Movement from Harrison's Landing to Centreville August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Shepherdstown September 20. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. At Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., until December, 1863. Consolidated with Battery C, 5th U.S. Field Artillery, November 1863. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21; Po River May 10. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 22-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Assaults on Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22, 1864. Deep Bottom July 27-29. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assaults on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Moved to Washington, D. C, May. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D. C.
Battery K, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized September, 1861. Attached to Provost Guard, Army Potomac, October, 1861, to March, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to October, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, October, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to March, 1864. 1st Division. Artillery Reserve, Dept. Cumberland, to August, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 20th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Centreville, Va., August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Shepherdstown September 20. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Operations on line of Memphis & Charleston Railroad October-November. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. At Chattanooga, Tenn., until August, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign. Siege of Atlanta August 25-September 2. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta to October. Garrison duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until August, 1865.
Battery L, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized October, 1862, and duty at Baltimore, Md., until May, 1863. Attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md.. 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to January, 1863. 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to February, 1863. 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to August, 1863. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to November, 1864. Horse Artillery, Cavalry Corps, Army Shenandoah, to December, 1864. Horse Artillery Reserve, Army Shenandoah, to April, 1865. Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Joined Milroy at Winchester May, 1863. Actions at Middletown, Newtown and Winchester June 12, 1863. Battle of Winchester June 13-15. At Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., July, 1863, to July, 1864. Stephenson's Depot, Carter's Farm, July 20. Newtown July 22. Battle of Winchester July 24. Hagerstown, Md., July 29. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Williamsport August 26. Martinsburg, W. Va., August 31. Bunker Hill September 2-3. Darkesville September 10. Bunker Hill September 13. Near Berryville September 14. Battle of Opequan, Winchester. September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville, Brown's Gap, September 26. Weyer's Cave September 26-27. Milford October 25-26. Expedition to Gordonsville December 19-28. Liberty Mills December 22. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
Battery M, 5th U.S. Field Artillery
Organized November, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to December, 1862. Reserve Artillery, Yorktown, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1863. Unattached Artillery, 4th Army Corps, Yorktown, Va., to July, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to December, 1864. Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to January, 1865. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4, 1862. Duty at Yorktown, Va., until July, 1863. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7, 1863. Expedition from White House to Bottom's Bridge July 1-7. Joined 6th Army Corps, July, 1863. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 22-26. On line of the Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Operations against Petersburg June 17 to July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22. Movement to Washington, D. C, May 9-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 6-November 28. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., until April, 1865, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August.
The 5th U.S. Field Artillery Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 87 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 145 Enlisted men by disease. Total 240.