The battery lost 1 officer and 18 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 11 enlisted men to disease. Total 30. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
December 10, 1861 |
Organized at Lynnfield and Reedville and mustered in |
December 25-27 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac; duty at Capital Hill, Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
February 15, 1862 |
At Hall's Hill |
March 18 |
Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March 18-24 |
Moved to Alexandria and Fortress Monroe, Va. |
April 5 |
Warwick Road |
April 3-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May |
Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
May 27 |
Hanover C. H. |
May 27-29 |
Operations about Hanover C. H. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Battle of Gaines' Mill |
June 30 |
Battle of White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bridge |
July 1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill |
July 2 - August 16 |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 15-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Manassas |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
October 8 |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
October 9 - 30 |
At Sharpsburg, Md. |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Smithfield |
October 16-17 |
Kearneysville and Shephardstown |
October 30 - November 19 |
Movement to Warrenton and Falmouth, Va. |
December 11-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June |
1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded by Captain Charles A. Philips. It brought 104 men to the field serving 6 Ordnance Rifles.
From the monument, "July 2. Withdrew at 5 p.m. from the field near the Peach Orchard and went into battery here."
"July 3. About 1:30 by order of Brig. Gen. H.J. Hunt fired on the Confederate batteries but did little damage. Opened an enfilading fire soon after on Longstreet's advancing line of infantry and assisted in repulsing the assault. A charge was made within the range of the battery immediately afterwards by the Florida brigade and at about the same time a Confederate battery opened on the left front which at once received the concentrated fire of the batteries of the brigade driving the cannoneers from their guns which they abandoned."
"July 4. Remained in this position until afternoon." |
July |
Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
July 31-August 1 |
Kelly's Ford |
August 1-3 |
Brandy Station |
August - October |
At Beverly Ford and Culpeper C. H. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December 6, 1863 |
At Rappahannock Station |
May 3-June 12, 1864 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Battle of Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Battle of Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Mills |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
August 18-21 |
Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad |
October 3 |
Non-Veterans mustered out |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad |
February 5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assaults on and fall of Petersburg |
April 4 |
Moved to City Point and duty there |
May 3-13 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 4-6 |
Moved to Readville, Mass. |
June 12, 1865 |
Mustered out |
