United States Regiments & Batteries > New Jersey
The 1st New Jersey Artillery, Battery B lost 1 officer and 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 23 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, N.J. | |
| September 3 | Mustered in |
| October 22 | Left State for Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Heintzelman’s Division |
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1862
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| March | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown, Va. |
| May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines) |
| June 21 | Action at Fair Oaks Station |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond; attached to Artillery Reserve, 3rd Army Corps |
| June 25 |
Battles of Oak Grove |
| June 29 | Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
| June 30 | White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
| July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August | Moved to Washington, D.C. and duty in the Defenses of that city attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps |
| November 10-12 | Operations on Orange and Alexandria Railroad |
| November 28-December 11 | Near Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January | At Falmouth attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February 5-7 | Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded by Captain Adoniram J. Clark. It brought 143 men to the field serving six 10-pounder Parrott Rifles. From the monument: Fought here from 2 until 7 O’clock on July 2, 1863, firing 1,300 rounds of ammunition. Losses, killed 1, wounded 16, missing 3. |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
| July 12 | South Mountain, Md. |
| July 23 | Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Va. |
| August | Near Warrenton, Va. |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 14 | Auburn and Bristoe |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Kelly’s Ford |
| November 8 | Brandy Station |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
| December | At and near Stevensburg |
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1864
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| March | Attached to 2nd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
| May 3-June 15 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient (“Bloody Angle”) |
| May 19 |
Harris Farm or Fredericksburg Road |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 | First Assault on Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration north of the James River |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| August 18 | Russell’s Mills |
| August 25 |
Ream’s Station |
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1865
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| March 25 | Watkins’ House |
| March 28- April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-31 |
Hatcher’s Run |
| April 2 | Boydton Road, Fall of Petersburg and Sutherland Station |
| April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
| April 6-7 | Farmville |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 16 | Mustered out |