The Battery F lost 2 officers and 8 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 14 enlisted men to disease, a total of 24. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
December 7, 1861 |
Organized at Williamsport |
December 15 |
Duty on the Upper Potomac attached to Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac |
March |
Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah |
March 1-12 |
Advance on Winchester |
March 12 |
Occupation of Winchester |
March 24-April 27 |
Pursuit of Jackson up the Valley |
May 15-June 17 |
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
May 24 |
Action at Newtown and Middletown |
May 24-26 |
Retreat to Williamsport |
May 25 |
Battle of Winchester |
June |
Attached to Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
June 29-30 |
Reconnaissance to Front Royal |
June 30 |
Luray |
July-August |
At Front Royal |
August 16-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 24 |
Sulphur Springs |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September |
Maryland Campaign; atached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry |
November 8 |
Near Snickersville |
November 9 |
Reconnaissance to Rippon |
December 2-6 |
Reconnaissance to Winchester |
December 12-16 |
March to Fredericksburg |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
At Stafford Court House |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign; attached to 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 3 |
Consolidated with Pennsylvania Independent Battery C |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign
The combined batteries were commanded by Captain James Thompson. They brought six Ordnance rifles to the field.
From the monument: "From June 3 1863 to March 25 1864 Batteries F and C served as a consolidated battery. July 2. Occupied this position from about 5 to 6 O'Clock p.m. July 3. With the left centre on Cemetery Ridge on left of First Volunteer Brigade Reserve Artillery marked by tablet. 24 men from Battery F were detailed to Battery H 1st Ohio Artillery posted in the cemetery during the battle." |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
November 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe; attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan, Morton's Ford |
February-July |
Duty at Camp Barry, Washington, D.C. |
March 24 |
Separated from Pennsylvania Independent Battery C for duty in the Defenses of Washington south of the Potomac, 22nd Corps |
May |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Corps |
July |
Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia |
January, 1865 |
Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia |
March |
Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah |
April |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Hardins' Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington |
June 26, 1865 |
Mustered out |
