The battery lost 13 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 27 enlisted men by disease, a total of 40. The battery is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
January 1, 1862 |
Organized at Augusta and mustered in; Duty at Augusta until March and at Portland, Me. |
April 1-3 |
Moved to Washington, D.C.; Camp at East Capital Hill and at Forts Buffalo and Ramsey, and at Falls Church, Va. |
June |
Ordered to report to General Banks at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.; Attached to 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia; Duty at Harper's Ferry, Cedar Creek and Little Washington, Va. |
August, 1862 |
3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
August 16 -
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August |
Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
August 20-26 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September |
Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, Army Potomac |
September - October |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain Md. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September - December |
Duty at Sandy Hook, Md. and at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
December 2-6 |
Reconnaissance to Winchester |
December 27 |
Action at Dumfries |
January - May 1863 |
Duty at Dumfries |
May 27 |
At Falmouth |
June |
4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
June - July |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Edwin B. Dow. It brought 103 men to the field serving four 12-pounded Napoleons, and suffered 13 wounded. |
July 7-14 |
Pursuit to Williamsport, Md. |
July 13 |
Frederick, Md. |
July 18 - August 2 |
March to Warrenton Junction, Va. and duty there |
September |
1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve |
September 16 |
At Culpeper |
October 12-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 12-13 |
Culpeper |
October 14 |
Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of Rappahannock |
November 26 -
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
April, 1864 |
Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
"Bloody Angle," Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion (Reserve) |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
October 20 |
Garrison, Fort Davis |
October |
At Fort McGilvrey and Battery 9 |
November |
Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
March 15, 1865 |
At Fort Sampson |
April 2-3 |
Assault on and capture of Petersburg |
April 3 |
Ordered to Reserve Artillery at City Point |
May 3 |
Ordered to Alexandria |
June 4 |
Ordered to Augusta, Me. |
June 7, 1865 |
Mustered out |
