United States Regiments & Batteries > Rhode Island
Rhode Island’s Battery D lost 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 12 men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Providence | |
| September 4 | Mustered in |
| September 14 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| September | Duty at Upton’s Hill, Va., Defenses of Washington. Attached to McDowell’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| March 9-16 | March to Fairfax C. H. |
| March 29 | To Bristoe, then to Falmouth |
| April | Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg attached to the 3rd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| May 25-29 | McDowell’s advance on Richmond |
| June 2-11 | Pursuit of Jackson. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
| July 24-27 | Reconnaissance to Orange C. H. |
| August 5-8 | Expedition to Virginia Central Railroad |
| August 5-6 | Action at Thornburg’s Mill or Massaponax Church |
| August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 28 |
Battle of Groveton |
| August 29-30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1 |
Chantilly |
| September | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| October 30- November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February | At Falmouth |
| February 19 | Moved to Newport News |
| March 19-29 | To Covington, Ky., then Lexington, Ky. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio |
| May 8 | Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky. |
| June | Attached to 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio |
| July 12 | To Cincinnati, Ohio |
| August 15 | To Camp Nelson |
| August 16-October 17 | Burnside’s Campaign in East Tennessee. Attached to Artillery Reserve, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio |
| August 16-September 4 | March over Cumberland Mountains to Loudon, Tenn. Attached to Artillery. 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio |
| October 7-10 | March to Blue Springs |
| October 10 | Action at Blue Springs |
| October 13-17 | March to Knoxville, Tenn. |
| October 20-22 | To Loudon |
| October 28 | To Lenoir Station |
| November 4-December 23 | Knoxville Campaign |
| November 16 | Campbell’s Station |
| November 17-December 4 | Siege of Knoxville |
| November 29 | Repulse of Longstreet’s assault on Fort Saunders |
| December 5-14 | Pursuit to Rutledge |
| December | Operations in East Tennessee |
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1864 |
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| February – March | Veterans on furlough |
| March 20-April 7 | Movement to Washington, D.C. Attached to Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| May | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 | Battle of the Wilderness |
| June | Garrison duty at Fort Lincoln, Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 1st Brigade, Haskins’ Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| August to December | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Reserve Artillery, 19th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| September 19 | Battle of Opequan (Third Battle of Winchester) |
| September 21 | Strasburg |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
| December | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 19th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah |
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1865
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| March | Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Shenandoah |
| July 17 | Mustered out |