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“Battery B, 14th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves”
Battery B lost 2 officers and 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 17 enlisted men to diseaseduring the Civil War. It is honored by two monuments at Gettysburg.
The Pennsylvania Reserves were 15 regiments that were recruited in early 1861. Refused by the War Department as they were in excess of Pennsylvania’s quota, Governor Curtin decided they would be armed and trained at state expense. The War Department soon realized they were needed and assigned them standard designations when they were accepted into Federal service. But the men preferred to be known by their original name: the Pennsylvania Reserves. See more about the Pennsylvania Reserves.
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1861
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| August 5 | Organized at Philadelphia under Captain Hezekiah Easton |
| August | Ordered to Washington, D.C. and Camp at Tennallytown, Md. attached to McCall’s Pennsylvania Reserve Division, Army Potomac |
| October | At Camp Pierpont near Langley, Va. |
| December 6 | Expedition to Grinnell’s Farm |
| December 20 | Action at Dranesville |
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1862
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| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| April 9-19 | McDowell’s advance on Falmouth. Attached to Artillery, McCall’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| April | Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg |
| June | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond, Va. |
| June 26 | Beaver Dam Creek or Mechanicsville |
| June 27 |
Gaines’ MillCaptain Easton was killed. Lieutenant John G. Simpson took command of the battery. |
| June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 15-26 | Movement to join Pope. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
| August 28 | Battle of Gainesville |
| August 29 | Groveton |
| August 30 | Bull Run |
| September | Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| September 14 | South Mountain |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery suffered 1 man killed and 3 wounded. |
| October-November | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 | Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February 9 | Ordered to Newport News and attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| March | To Suffolk. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| April 12-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk |
| June 26-July 8 | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
| July 1-7 | Expedition from White House to South Anna River attached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
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1864
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| January | Duty at Portsmouth, Va. attached to Heckman’s Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| April | Attached to Defenses of Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| May | Attached to District Eastern Virginia, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| July | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps |
| August 21 | Captain Simpson dismissed. First Lieutenant William Stitt was promoted to captain |
| September 28-30 | Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| December | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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1865
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| April 3 | Occupation of Richmond |
| April-July | Engaged in demolishing defenses and removing ordnance |
| July 25 | Mustered out |