United States Regiments & Batteries
1861
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July | Organized and equipped. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
Otcober | Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
November 14 | Mouth of Mattawoman Creek, Md. |
1862
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March | Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula |
April | Peninsula Campaign. |
April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
May | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 | Gaines’ Mill |
June 28 | Golding’s Farm |
July 1 | Malvern Hill |
July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
August 16-23 | Moved to Alexandria, Va. |
September 6-22 | Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery was commanded by Lieutenant Charles P. Muhlenberg. It brought 123 men to the field serving six Napoleons and lost 10 enlisted men missing. |
October 30-November 17 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863
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January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
February | Moved to Newport News, Va. |
March | To Suffolk, Va. |
April 11-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April 15 | Norfleet House |
June 24-July 8 | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
July 1-7 | Expedition from White House to South Anna River |
July | Duty at Portsmouth, Va. Attached to U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
1864
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April | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James |
May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
May 9-10 | Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church |
May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 | Battle of Drury’s Bluff |
May 16-28 | On Bermuda Hundred front |
May 28-June 1 | Movement to Cold Harbor |
June 1-12 |
Battles about Cold Harbor |
June 15-18 | Assaults on Petersburg |
June 16 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps |
September 28-30 | Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
December | Attached to the Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps |
April 2 | Occupation of Richmond |
April 3 | Duty at Richmond and Lynchburg, Va. to August |