United States Regiments & Batteries * United States Regulars
Battery K is honored by two identical monuments at Gettysburg shared with Battery F.
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1861
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| October | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. Attached to Battery F, 3rd United States Artillery, and assigned to the Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May | Attached to 5th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-23 | Moved to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria |
| September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 22 | Ashby’s Gap |
| December 12-15 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January-April | At Falmouth |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 | Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May | Attached to 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded at the battle by Lieutenant John C. Turnbull. It brought 145 men and six 12 pounders to the field, and lost 1 officer and 8 enlisted men killed, 14 men wounded, and 1 man missing. The battery lost 4 guns captured during the fighting along Emmitsburg Road on July 2, but they recovered in late afternoon. From the two monuments at Gettysburg: July 1 Took position on crest of hill near General Meade’s Headquarters. July 2 Moved to a position on the right of a log house on the Emmitsburg road with General A. A. Humphreys’ Division Third Corps. Engaged here but was compelled to retire with the loss of 45 horses killed and 4 guns which were afterwards recaptured. July 3 Went into position near Taneytown Road on the left of Cemetery Hill. |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Rappahannock Station |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
| November | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
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1864
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| February | Consolidated with Battery C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac |
| May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 16 – August 5 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| August 11 | Near Winchester |
| August 25 | Near Kearneysville |
| October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October-April | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
| December | Attached to Horse Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah |
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1865
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| April | To Defenses of Washington, D.C. Attached to Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps until August |