United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Artillery and Engineers
“Dickinson Light Artillery”
The 16th New York Independent Battery lost 44 enlisted men to disease in the Civil War.
1862
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Organized at Binghampton, N.Y. | |
March 10 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
March 27 | Mustered in at Washington, to date from December 10, 1861. |
Duty in Artillery Camp of Instruction and Defenses of Washington, D.C. Attached to Artillery Camp, Military District of Washington | |
1863
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April | Ordered to Suffolk. Va. and attached to 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and then Reserve Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps |
April 19-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
May 1 |
South Quay Bridge |
May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk raised |
May | Moved to Yorktown, Va., and duty there |
June 24-July 7 |
Dix’s Peninsula CampaignAttached to Wistar’s Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps |
July | Attached to U.S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
October | Duty at Newport News, Va. Attached to Newport News, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
1864
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June 15-18 |
First Assault on PetersburgAttached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James. |
June 16 – December 7 |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
August | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps |
September | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps |
September 28-30 |
Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
October | Duty before Richmond north of the James |
December 6-27 |
Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.Attached to Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps |
1865
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January 3-15 |
Second Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. |
January 15 |
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher |
February 11-12 |
Cape Fear Entrenchment’s |
February 18-20 |
Fort Anderson |
February 22 |
Capture of Wilmington |
March 1-April 26 |
Campaign of the CarolinasAttached to 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps, and 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
March 6-21 | Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro. Occupation of Goldsboro and Raleigh, N. C. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, and 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
April 26 |
Bennett’s HouseSurrender of Johnston and his army. |
May-June | Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina |
July 6 | Mustered out |