United States Regiments & Batteries * United States Regulars * Battery D, 5th United States Artillery
Battery D is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1861
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June 10-July 7 | Rockville Expedition |
September 11 | Lewinsville, Virginia. |
September 25 | Reconnaissance to Lewinsville |
October | Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to Porter’s Division, Army Potomac |
October 22 | Edward’s Ferry |
1862
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March |
Peninsula CampaignOrdered to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 4 | Howard’s Mills |
April 5 | Warwick Road |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 27 |
Hanover Court House |
May 27-29 | Operations about Hanover Court House |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Mechanicsburg |
June 27 |
Gaines Mill |
June 30 |
Turkey Bridge |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July | At Harrison’s Landing |
August 16-23 | Moved to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamCommanded by Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett, the battery brought two Napoleons and four 10-Pounder Parrot Rifles to the field. |
September 19 | Shepherdstown Ford |
October 16-17 | Reconnaissance to Smithfield, Va. and Kearneysville and Shepherdstown |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December 29-30 | Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River |
1863
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April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Corps |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgCommanded by Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett, the battery brought six rifled 10 Pounders to the field. Lieutenant Hazlett managed to move the battery to the top of Little Round Top and was mortally wounded there by a sharpshooter. There is a monument to Battery D on Little Round Top along with a monument to Lieutenant Hazlett and Brigadier General Weed. From the monument on Little Round Top at Gettysburg: July 2 Marched to the left of the Union line about 4.30 p.m. and in rear of Brig. General J. Barnes’s First Division Fifth Corps. Immediately upon taking position here at 5:45 opened fire upon the Confederates who were engaging the Division. The battery kept up a continuous fire until after dark. Lieut. Hazlett was mortally wounded and the command devolved upon Lieut. Benjamin F. Rittenhouse. July 3 Remained in position and in the afternoon did effective service on the lines of infantry engaged in Longstreet’s Assault. Casualties: Killed 1 officer and 8 men, wounded 5 men |
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 |
December | At Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., attached to 22nd Corps |
1864
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March | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan (Overland) Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 22-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
June 16 – April 2 |
Siege of Petersburg |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
November | Consolidated with Battery G and assigned to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
1865
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March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 | Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads and Lewis’ Farm |
March 31 |
White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
May | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
June | Battery D, 5th United States Artillery was assigned duty at Washington, D.C. assigned to the 22nd Corps. |