The Civil War in the East

4th United States Artillery, Battery L

 

1861

July

Stationed at Fortress Monroe, Va. Attached to District Fortress Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia

1862

March 8

Action at Newport News, Va., between "Monitor" and "Merrimac"

March-July

Duty at Fortress Monroe

July

Duty at Suffolk, Va. attached to Artillery Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia

December 1-3

Expedition from Suffolk

December 2

Franklin on the Blackwater

1863

January 8-10

Expedition toward the Blackwater

April 11-May 4

Siege of Suffolk. Attached to Artillery. 7th Army Corps

May 3

Providence Church Road

May

Duty at Portsmouth, Va.

June

Attached to Artillery, 1st Division; 7th Army Corps

July 25-August 3

Expedition from Portsmouth to Jackson, N. C. Attached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina

December

Moved to Yorktown, Va. and duty there attached to U. S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina

1864

February 6-8

Wistar's Expedition from Yorktown against Richmond

March 9-12

Expedition into King and Queen County

April

Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James

May 4-28

Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond

May 6

Port Walthal

May 9

Swift Creek

May 12-16

Operations against Fort Darling

May 14-16

Battle of Drury's Bluff

May 28-31

Movement to Cold Harbor

June 1-12

Battles about Cold Harbor

June 6-7

Chester Station

June 15

Assault on Petersburg

June 16 - April 2

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps

December

Attached to Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps

1865

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 2-3

Fall of Petersburg and Richmond

April

Duty in the Dept. of Virginia until August