United States Regiments & Batteries > Rhode Island
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1861 |
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| April | The 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Tompkin’s Marine Artillery was organized at Providence for three months’ service under the command of Captain C.H. Tompkins. |
| April 18 | Left Rhode island for Jersey City, N.J |
| April 19 | Moved to Easton, Pa. |
| April 27 | To Washington, D.C. for duty in the defenses of that city |
| May 2 | Mustered into United States Service for 90 days. |
| June 9-15 | The battery, accompanied by the 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, moved at 8 a.m. by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to Baltimore, then by the North Central Railroad to York, Pennsylvania, arriving at 6 p.m. It continued on the Cumberland Valley Railroad to Chambersburg and the Franklin Railroad to Greencastle, Pennsylvania, arriving at 12 p.m. on June 11. They then marched to Williamsport, Maryland on the 15th.
Attached to Hunter’s Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeast Virginia. |
| June 17-20 | Returned to Washington, marching via Boonsboro to Frederick, then moving on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, arriving in Washington at 8 a.m. on June 19. |
| July 9-13 | March to Williamsport, then to Martinsburg, Va. Attached to Thomas’ Brigade, Patterson’s Army. |
| July 15 | March to Bunker Hill, Va. |
| July 17 | Moved to Charlestown |
| July 22 | To Harper’s Ferry |
| July 29-31 | Moved to Sandy Hook, then to Providence, R. I. |
| August 2 | The 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Tompkin’s Marine Artillery mustered out. |