1861 |
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Organized at New York as Company L, Artillery Company, Serrell's New York Engineer Regiment |
October 25 |
Mustered in at Staten Island, N.Y. |
October 25 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Designated Battery C and later Battery D, New York Light Artillery |
November |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
December 7 |
Designated 4th New York Battery |
1862 |
January |
Attached to Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
March |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Va. and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 25 |
Battle of Oak Grove near Seven Pines |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 27 |
Bristoe Station |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington at Fairfax Station, Va. |
November 10-12 |
Operations on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
December |
Rappahannock Campaign |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 3-August 1 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery brought 135 men to the field serving six 10-pounder Parrott Rifles under Captain James E. Smith.
From the monument to the battery at the Devils Den:
"July 2, 1863 2 to 5 p.m.
At the time of the assault by Hood's Division of the Confederate army this battery supported by the Fourth Maine Infantry, formed the extreme left of the Third Corps line. Three guns of the two sections in action on this crest were captured by the Confederates. The third section was in position to the right and continued the action until nearly 6 p.m.
Casualties 2 killed - 10 wounded 1 captured"
From the nearby marker:
"Fourth New York Independent Battery
Six 10 Pounder Parrots, Capt. James E. Smilth Commanding
July 2 Arrived from Emmitsburg at 9 a.m. Four guns posted on the height above Devil's Den at 2 p.m. Two guns in this position. after the capture of three of the guns in the advanced position and the repulse of their supports this action openened fire with great effect on the Confederetae forces advancing up the valley. At 6 p.m. this section was moved to the right near Winslow's Battery and subsequently to the rear.
July 3 Not engaged.
Killed 2 men wounded 10 men missing 1 man
11 horses killed 240 rounds of ammunition expended"
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July |
Attached to 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
August |
On line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December 4 |
Battery broken up under Special Orders No. 538. Men transferred to 1st New York Engineers, 5th and 15th New York Independent Batteries |
