The Civil War in the East

4th United States Artillery, Battery K

 

The battery is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

MOnument to Battery K, 4th United States Artillery at Gettysburg

1861

August

Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac

1862

March

Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown, Va.

June

Attached to Artillery Reserve, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 25

Oak Grove

June 30

Glendale and Brackett's

July 1

Malvern Hill

August 5

Malvern Hill

August 16-23

Moved to Alexandria and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps

November 10-12

Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

1863

February 5-7

Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

May

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Lieutenant Francis W. Seely, the battery brought six 12-pounders to the field.

 

From the monument:

"July 1 Arrived at night and encamped in a field south of the town between the Emmitsburg and Taneytown Roads.

 

July 2 Went into position at 4 p.m. on the right of Smith's log house on Emmitsburg Road with Brig. General A.A. Humphreys's Division Third Corps and soon took position on the left of the log house and at the left of an apple orchard and opened fire on the Confederate infantry as it began to advance."
"Hotly engaged with the Confederate infantry and artillery in front on the line from the Evergreen Cemetery to Little Round Top. Lieut. Seeley having been wounded the command devolved on Lieut. Robert James.

 

July 3 Remained in the position of the previous night


"Casualties: killed 2 men; wounded 1 officer and 18 men; missing 4 men. Lost and disabled 28 horses"

July 23

Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 15

McLean's Ford, Bull Run

November 7-8

Advance to the Rappahannock

November 7

Kelly's Ford

November 27

Payne's Farm

February 6-7

Demonstration on the Rapidan

1864

March

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps

May 4-June 12

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Wilderness

May 8-21

Spotsylvania Court House

May 12

Assault on the Salient

May 22-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

On line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 16-18

Before Petersburg

June 16 - April 2

Siege of Petersburg

June 22

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 27-29

Deep Bottom

August 14-18

Strawberry Plains

October 27-28

Hatcher's Run

December 7-14

Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

March 25

Watkins' House

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 30-31

Hatcher's Run, Boydton Road

March 31

White Oak Road

April 2

Sutherland Station

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 7

High Bridge

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

May

March to Washington, D. C.

May 23

Grand Review

June

Duty in the Defenses of Washington until August attached to Dept. of Washington, D. C.