The Civil War in the East

1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery K

The battery lost 2 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 15 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

Monument to Battery K, First New York Light Artillery at Gettysburg

1861

 

Organized at Elmira, N.Y.

November 20

Mustered in under Captain Lorenzo Crounse

November 21

Left State for Washington, D.C.

November-April

Duty at Camp Barry attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C.

1862

April

Moved to Harper's Ferry for duty there and in the Shenandoah Valley attached to the Railroad Brigade, Middle Department

May 25

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah

May 28

Charlestown

May 28-30

Defense of Harper's Ferry

June 28

Attached to 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia

August 9

Battle of Cedar Mountain

August 16-
September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 21-23

Fords of the Rappahannock

August 22-24

Beverly Ford

August 30

Battle of Bull Run

September

Attached to 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September-December

At Maryland Heights

October

Attached to 1st Division, 12th Army Corps

December 12-16

March to Fredericksburg

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February

Attached to Dept. of Washington, 22nd Army Corps

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

May 12

Attached to 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The battery was commanded by Captain Robert H. Fitzhugh. It brought 149 men to the field serving six Ordnance Rifles and suffered 7 wounded.

July

Attached to 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

1864

March

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve

April

Assigned to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps

July

Attached to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps

October

Attached to 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps

1865

June 20

Mustered out under Captain Walter Stocking