United States Regiments & Batteries
“Simmonds’ Kentucky Battery”
The battery lost a 13 men during the Civil War: 3 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, and 10 enlisted men died of disease.
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1861
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| The First Kentucky Battery was organizaed in Pendleton, Ohio, during the time Kentucky was attempting to remain neutral. The battery would go on to be the only Kentucky unit to fight for the Union in the Eastern Theater. | |
| June 3 | Mustered in as Company E of the First Kentucky Infantry Regiment under the command of Captain Seth J. Simmonds. Attached to the District of the Kanawha. |
| July 10 | Ordered to the Kanawha Valley. |
| July 11-25 | March from Mount Pleasant to Charleston. |
| July 17 | Action at Scary Creek. |
| July 24 | Tyler Mountain. |
| July 25 | Capture of Charleston. |
| July 26-August 1 | Advance to Gauley |
| August 2-25 | Moved to Camp Piatt. |
| August 28 | Gauley Bridge. |
| September 1 | Boone Court House |
| September 12 | Paytonia |
| September 20-27 | Moved to Raleigh |
| September 25 | Chapmansviille |
| September 26-October 10 | Return to Gauley |
| October | The company was detached as an artillery battery by the command of General Rosecrans. |
| October 13 | Cotton Hill |
| October 19-November 16 |
Operations in Kanawha Valley |
| October 23 | Gauley Bridge |
| November 1-9 | Attack on Gauley by Floyd’s Batteries. |
| November 9-18 | Movement on Cotton Mountain and pursuit of Floyd. |
| November | At Kanawha Falls, Virginia. |
| December | Moved to Gauley Bridge and duty there until April |
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1862
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| March | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia |
| April 22-May 4 | Advance on Princeton |
| May-July | At flat Top Mountains |
| August | At Munson’s Hill. |
| August 14-23 | Movement to Washington |
| September 6-22 |
Maryland CampaignAssigned to 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 12 | At Frederick, Maryland |
| September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 17 |
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)The First Kentucky Battery brought 98 men to the field commanded by Captain Seth Simmonds. It was equipped with two 20-pounder Parrott Rifles, three 10-pounder Parrott Rifles, and one 12-pounder howitzer. |
| October 8-November 14 | Moved to Clarksburg, Suttonville,Summerville,Gauley Bridge and Kanawha Falls. |
| October | At Suttonville, West Virginia. Assigned to the District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Department of the Ohio. |
| November | At Gauley Bridge |
| 1863 | |
| March | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VIII Corps, Middle Department |
| May-June | At Camp White, Charleston. |
| July-August | At Gauley Bridge, Assigned to 1st Brigade, Scammon’s Division, Department of West Virginia. |
| September | At Camp Toland, Va. |
| October 21-22 | Scout to Boone Court House |
| November 3-13 | Expeditition ftom Charleston to Lewisburg. |
| November 7 | Capture of Lewisburg |
| December | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division West Virginia. |
| 1864 | |
| February-April | At Fayetteville, Virginia. |
| March 13 | Captain Seth J. simmonds was cashiered from the service. Captain Daniel W. Glassie took over the battery, which was Veteranized. |
| May | At Burgers Hall. Assigned to Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division West Virginia. |
| May 2-19 | Crook’s expedition against the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. |
| May 9 | Action at Cloyd’s Mountain |
| May 10 | New River Bridge |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Raid on Lynchburg |
| June | At Camp Piatt. |
| June 11 | Lexington |
| June 17 | Diamond Hill |
| June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| June 20 | Buford’s Gap |
| June 21 | Salem |
| July | At Harpers Ferry, Reserve Division, Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. |
| August-June | At Camp Fuller, Virginia. |
| 1865 | |
| April | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division West Virginia. |
| July 10 | The First Kentucky Battery was mustered out under Captain Daniel Glassie. |