United States Regiments & Batteries > Rhode Island
The 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C lost 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 8 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Providence | |
| August 25 | Mustered in |
| August 31 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| September | Duty at Camp Sprague, Defenses of Washington attached to Porter’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
| October | At Hall’s and Munson’s Hills |
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1862
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| March | Assigned to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 10-16 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| March 16-23 | Moved to Alexandria, then to Fortress Monroe, Va. |
| April 4 | Action at Howard’s Bridge |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| May 27 | Hanover C. H. |
| May 27-29 | Operations about Hanover C. H. |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 26 | Battle of Mechanicsville |
| June 27 | Gaines’ Mill |
| June 30 | Turkey Bridge and Malvern Cliff |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July | At Harrison’s Landing |
| July 21 | Captain Weeden resigned. Lieutenant Richard Waterman took command of the battery |
| July 25 | Lieutenant Richard Waterman promoted to captain. |
| August 16-28 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
| August 30 | Battle of Bull Run |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)Captain Waterman commanded the battery, which had 6 Napoleons. |
| September 19 | Shepherdstown |
| September | At Sharpsburg |
| October 30- November 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 | Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| Fenruary | At Falmouth, Va. |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May | Assigned to 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 5-13 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
| June | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| July 2-4 | Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. |
| July-August | At Warrenton, Va. |
| 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 Brandy Station |
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1864
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| May-June | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 16-July 9 | Siege of Petersburg |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| June 9-11 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| July 11-12 | Repulse of Early’s attack on Washington |
| August to November | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| September 19 |
Battle of Opequan (Third Battle of Winchester)Commanded by Lieutenant Jacob H. Lamb. |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October | Duty at Winchester and Kernstown |
| November | At Camp Barry, 22nd Corps, Dept. Washington |
| December 23 | Consolidated with Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery |