Nield's Delaware Independent Battery Light Artillery
The Nield's Delaware Battery lost 6 men to disease during the Civil War. Also referred to as First Delaware Battery.
1862 |
August 30 |
Organized at Wilmington, Del. |
September |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defences of Washington |
1863 |
February |
Assigned to Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, 22nd Army Corps |
April 18 |
Ordered to Norfolk, Va. and assigned to Artillery, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April 21-May 4 |
Siege of Norfolk |
June 23-July 8. |
Dix's Peninsula Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps. |
July 8 |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and duty in the defences of that city. Assigned to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps. |
August |
At New York City, Dept. of the East |
September 12 |
At Camp Barry, Light Artillery Camp of Instruction, Defences of Washington, 22nd Army Corps |
1864 |
February |
Ordered to Dept. of the Gulf, and at New Orleans, La. |
March 2 |
Ordered to Franklin |
March 10-May 22 |
Red River Campaign |
March 15-26 |
Advance from Franklin to Alexandria, La. |
April 8 |
Battle of Sabine Cross Roads |
April 9 |
Battle of Pleasant Hill (Reserve) |
April 10-22 |
At Grand Ecore |
April 23 |
Cane River Crossing |
April 26-May 13 |
At Alexandria |
May 13-20 |
Retreat to Morganza |
May |
At Morganza |
July |
Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
August |
Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
October 16 |
Ordered to mouth of White River and duty there and at Morganza |
November |
Assigned to Artillery, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi |
December 11 |
Ordered to Arkansas and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas for duty at mouth of White River and at Little Rock, Ark., |
1865 |
June 23 |
Mustered out |
July 5 |
Discharged from service |
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