United States Regiments & Batteries * United States Regulars
1862
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November | Organized. Duty at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor. |
1863
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June | Ordered to Dept. of the Susquehanna and attached to 1st Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna |
July | To Harper’s Ferry. Duty there and in the Dept. of West Virginia. |
December | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. West Virginia |
1864
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April 29-May 15 | Sigel’s Expedition from Martinsburg, W. Va., to New Market, Va. |
May | Assigned to Artillery Brigade, Department of West Virginia |
May 15 | Battle of New Market |
May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Raid to Lynchburg, Va. |
July 17-18 | Lynchburg |
June 21 | Catawba Mountains |
August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
September 3 | Berryville |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Battle of Opequon) |
September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekCommanded by First Lieutenant Henry Brewerton, the battery brought six 3″ Ordnance Rifles to the field. The battery was positioned behind Thoburn’s Division east of the Valley Pike. When Thonburn’s defensive line collapsed the battery fired canister into the attackers until they were twenty-five yeard away, then withdrew the guns to the limbers at the bottom of the ridge, losing one, which was spiked. |
December | Assigned to Reserve Division, West Virginia. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley and in the Dept. of West Virginia. |
1865
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January | Assigned to 1st Separate Brigade, 3rd Division, Dept. West Virginia |
April | Assigned to Artillery, 2nd Division, West Virginia |
July | Assigned to Dept. of Washington, D.C. |