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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.
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1862
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| Companies A-H, I & M organized at Sackett’s Harbor, N.Y. | |
| September 11 | Companies A – G & M mustered in |
| September 12 | Companies H and I mustered in |
| September 18 | Companies A, C, F, G, H, I, K & L left State for Washington, D.C.Companies B, D, E & M 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 organized and mustered in at Staten Island, N.Y. |
| December 27 | Company L organized and mustered in at Fort Schuyler, N.Y. |
| December 31 | The 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized by consolidating the 4th, 5th and 7th Battalions of Black River Artillery |
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1863
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| February | Attached to 3rd Brigade, Haskins’ Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| June | Companies B, D, E & M joined Regiment at Washington, D.C. |
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1864
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| March | Attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| May 27 | Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field |
| June 5-24 | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James |
| June 5-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 15-19 | First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16 – August 15 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| June 25 | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army 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 Army Corps |
| September 27 | Ordered to the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Kitching’s Provisional Division, Middle Military Division |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October-December | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
| December | Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Bermuda Hundred, Va., and duty in the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred attached to 2nd Brigade, Provisional Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
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1865
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| January | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Ferrero’s Division, Army of the James |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Ferrero’s Division, Dept. of Virginia |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 | Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
| April-May | Duty in the Dept. of Virginia |
| June | Assigned to District of the Nottaway, Dept. of Virginia |
| June 23 | Mustered out at Petersburg, Va. Recruits transferred to 6th New York Heavy Artillery. |