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United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > 10th New York Heavy Artillery

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“Black River Artillery”

“Jefferson County Regiment”

The 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment lost 47 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 218 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. Although an artillery unit, much of its career and all of its fighting was done as infantry.

1862
	Companies A – M were organized at Sackett’s Harbor, New York as the 4th, 5th and 7th Battalions of New York Heavy Artillery.
September 11-12	Companies A – M were mustered in.
September 17	Companies A, B & C of the 7th Heavy Artillery Battalion moved to the Washington, D.C. Defences and garrison duty there.
September 18	Companies A, C, F, G, H, I, K & L left State for Washington, D.C. Companies B, D, E & M were on duty at Fort Richmond and Sandy Hook, New York Harbor.
September	Garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 3rd Brigade, Haskins’ Division, Defenses of Washington, D.C.
November 12	Company K was organized and mustered in at Staten Island, New York
December 27	Company D of the 7th Heavy Artillery Battalion was organized and mustered in at Fort Schuyler, New York
December 31	The 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized by consolidating the 4th, 5th and 7th Battalions of New York Heavy Artillery.
1863
January 14	George de Peyster Arden, formerly Adjutant in the 124th New York Infantry Regiment, was appointed Major of the 10th New York Heavy Artillery.
February	Attached to 3rd Brigade, Haskins’ Division, 22nd Corps, Department of Washington
June	Companies B, D, E & M joined the regiment at Washington, D.C.
1864
March	Attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Corps
May 25	Major George de Peyster Arden was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
May 27	Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field
June 5-24	Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James
June 5-12	Cold Harbor The regiment lost nine men killed or wounded.
June 15-19	First Assault on Petersburg the regiment lost 43 casualties.
June 16 – August 15	Siege of Petersburg
June 25	Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps
July 30	Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
August 15	Moved to Washington, D.C. and duty there attached to 1st Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Corps
September 27	Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign Ordered to the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Kitching’s Provisional Division, Middle Military Division, operating as infantry.
October 19	Battle of Cedar Creek
October-December	Duty in the Shenandoah Valley
December	Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and duty in the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Provisional Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
1865
March 28-April 9	Appomattox Campaign
April 2	Fall of Petersburg The regiment lost 90 casualties.
April-May	Duty in the Dept. of Virginia
June	Assigned to District of the Nottaway, Dept. of Virginia
June 23	Mustered out at Petersburg, Virginia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George de Peyster Arden. Recruits were consolidated into three companies and transferred to the 6th New York Heavy Artillery.