United States Regiments & Batteries > New York
Battery L lost 11 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 12 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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| September | Organized at Rochester, N.Y. under the command of Captain John Alfred Reynolds |
| November 17 | Moved to Elmira, N.Y., and mustered in |
| November 21 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| December | Duty at Camp Barry attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
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1862
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| February | At Baltimore, Md. attached to Dix’s Command |
| May | Moved to Winchester, Va. and assigned to 1st Brigade, Sigel’s Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
| May 28 | Skirmish at Charlestown |
| May 28-30 | Defense of Harper’s Ferry |
| June | Assigned to 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
| August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. |
| August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 26 | Sulphur Springs |
| August 28 |
Battle of Gainesville |
| August 29 |
Battle of Groveton (Brawner Farm) |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
| September 6-22 |
Maryland CampaignAssigned to 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery brought six 3 inch Ordnance Rifles to the field, and lost 5 wounded out of 84 engaged. |
| October 29-November 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| 1863 | |
| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February | Duty at Falmouth and Belle Plains |
| March 13 | Captain John Reynolds was promoted to Major and left the battery. His brother, Lieutenant Gilbert Reynolds, took over command of the battery and was promoted to captain. |
| April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May 2 | Operations at Pollock’s Mill Creek |
| April 29-30 | Fitzhugh’s Crossing |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May | Assigned to Artillery Brigade, 1st Army Corps |
| June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded by Captain Gilbert H. Reynolds, and brought 141 men to the field serving six 3 inch Ordnance Rifles. Captain Reynolds was wounded on July 1 in fighting west of Gettysbug, being hit in his eye by stone fragments from a ricochet. One gun was captured. First Lieutenant George Breck then took over the battery, holding a position on East Cemetery Hill against Confederate assaults on July 2nd and 3rd. Battery L lost 1 man killed, 15 wounded, and 1 missing. |
| July | On line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | Assigned to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, then to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, attached to 9th Army Corps |
| May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
| May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 23 | Jericho Ford |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 |
Bethesda ChurchSecond Lieutenant Charles Demott was killed. |
| June 16-17 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 18 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee. Assigned to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps |
| May 23 | Moved to Washington, D. C. Grand Review |
| June 17 | Mustered out under Captain George Breck |