The Civil War in the East

1st United States Artillery, Battery I

 

The battery is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

1861

January

Stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

January 7-29

Moved to Washington, D.C.

July

Attached to Wilcox's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army Northeastern Virginia

July 16-21

Advance on Manassas, Va.

July 21

Battle of Bull Run

August 7-15

Moved to Poolesville, Md.

August-March

Duty at Poolesville and at Edward's Ferry attached to Stone's Brigade, Division Potomac

October 21

Ball's Bluff

October 22

Edward's Ferry

October

Attached to Stone's (Sedgwick's) Division, Army Potomac

1862

March

Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May 31-June 1

Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

July 29

Peach Orchard and Savage Station

June 30

White Oak Swamp and Glendale

July 1

Malvern Hill

August 16-23

Moved to Alexandria, Va.

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September 18

At Harper's Ferry

October 30-November 17

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

November

Assigned to Reserve Artillery, 2nd Army Corps

December 11-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February-April

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

May

Assigned to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

From the monument:

"Second Corps Artillery Brigade
Battery I First U.S. Artillery, Six 12 Pounders, Lieut. George A. Woodruff commanding, Lieut. Tully McCrea commanding.
july 2&3 Arrived and took position in Ziegler's Grove on the left of Evergreen Cemetery. Actively engaged and assisted in repelling Longstreet's Assault. Lieut. Woodruff was mortally wounded on the 3d and the command devolved on Lieut. Tully McCrea.


Casualties: killed 1 man, wounded 1 officer and 28 men"

September 13-17

Advance to line of the Rapidan

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 14

Bristoe Station

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November

Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

1864

May

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James.

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-21

Spotsylvania Court House

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-7

Cold Harbor

June 2

Gaines' Mill, Salem Church and Haw's Shop

June 7-24

Sheridan's Trevillian Raid

June 11-12

Trevillian Station

June 21

Black Creek or Tunstall Station and White House or St. Peter's Church

June 24

St. Mary's Church

June 29-July 27

At Light House Point

August

At Camp Barry, D.C.

September 29

Arthur's Swamp

September 29-October 1

Poplar Springs Church

October 1

Wyatt's Road

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road

December 7-12

Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 30-31

Dinwiddie Court House

April 1

Five Forks

April 3

Namozine Church

April 5

Paine's Cross Roads

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

May

Moved to Washington, D. C.

May 23

Grand Review