The Civil War in the East

2nd United States Artillery, Battery E

 

1861

January

At Washington, D. C.

June

Attached to Schenck's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia

July 16-21

Advance on Manassas, Va.

July 17

Occupation of Fairfax Court House

July 21

Battle of Bull Run

August

Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to Artillery Division, Army of the Potomac

October

Assigned to Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac

1862

March

Assigned to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac and moved to the Virginia Peninsula.

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May 4

Near Williamsburg

May

Attached to 5th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 30

Turkey Bridge

July 1

Malvern Hill

July

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-28

Movement to Centreville, Va.

August 29

Battle of Groveton

August 30

Battle of Bull Run

September 1

Chantilly

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

Commanded by Lieutenant Samuel H. Benjamin, the battery brought 93 men and four 20-pounder Parrotts to the field.

November 15

Warrenton or Sulphur Springs

December

Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February 10

Moved to Newport News and duty there attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

March 19-23

Movement to Kentucky

March 24

Duty in District of Central Kentucky attached to Dept. of the Ohio

June 7-14

Moved to Vicks burg, Miss. and attached to Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio

June 14-July 4

Siege of Vicksburg

July 4-10

Advance on Jackson, Miss.

July 10-17

Siege of Jackson

August 4-18

Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio

September 10-26

March to Knoxville, Tenn.

November 4-December 23

Knoxville Campaign

November 16

Action at Campbell's Station

November 17-December 5

Siege of Knoxville

November 29

Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders

December-March

Operations in East Tennessee

1864

March

Attached to Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

April

Ordered to Annapolis, Md.

May 4-June 7

Rapidan (Va.) Campaign

May 5-7

Wilderness

May 8-21

Spotsylvania

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-7

Cold Harbor

June 1-3

Bethesda Church

June

Ordered to Washington, D. C., and duty in the Defenses of that city attached to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps

August 24

Consolidated with Battery C 2nd Artillery and attached to 1st Separate Brigade, 22nd Army Corps until October 1865