United States Regiments & Batteries > Delaware
“Nield’s Battery”
The 1st Delaware Battery lost 6 men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| August 30 | Organized at Wilmington, Del. |
| September | Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defences of Washington |
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1863
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| February | Assigned to Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, 22nd Army Corps |
| April 18 | Ordered to Norfolk, Va. and assigned to Artillery, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| April 21-May 4 | Siege of Norfolk |
| June 23-July 8. | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps. |
| July 8 | Ordered to Washington, D.C. and duty in the defences of that city. Assigned to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps. |
| August | At New York City, Dept. of the East |
| September 12 | At Camp Barry, Light Artillery Camp of Instruction, Defences of Washington, 22nd Army Corps |
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1864
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| February | Ordered to Department of the Gulf, and at New Orleans, Louisiana |
| March 2 | Ordered to Franklin |
| March 10- May 22 |
Red River Campaign |
| March 15-26 | Advance from Franklin to Alexandria, La. |
| April 8 |
Battle of Sabine Cross Roads |
| April 9 |
Battle of Pleasant Hill (Reserve) |
| April 10-22 | At Grand Ecore |
| April 23 | Cane River Crossing |
| April 26-May 13 | At Alexandria |
| May 13-20 | Retreat to Morganza |
| May | At Morganza |
| July | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
| August | Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
| October 16 | Ordered to mouth of White River and duty there and at Morganza |
| November | Assigned to Artillery, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi |
| December 11 | Ordered to Arkansas and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas for duty at mouth of White River and at Little Rock, Ark., |
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1865
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| June 23 | The 1st Delaware Battery mustered out |
| July 5 | Discharged from service |