United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Artillery and Engineers
The 34th New York Independent Battery lost 7 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 14 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Originally organized as Battery L, 2nd New York Heavy Artillery | |
| November 18 | Mustered in |
| December 2 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| December | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
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1862
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| March | Detached from Regiment and attached to Sturgis’ Brigade, Military District of Washington |
| June | Attached to Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia |
| August 9 | Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. |
| August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
| August 20-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 23-24 | Sulphur Springs |
| August 27 | Buckland’s Bridge, Broad Run |
| August 28 |
Battle of Groveton, or Brawner Farm |
| August 29-30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington and in Pleasant Valley, Md. attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| October 27-November 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps |
| November 11 | Action at Jefferson |
| November 13 & 15 | Sulphur Springs |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| December | Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| January 25 | At Falmouth |
| February 19 | Moved to Newport News, Va. and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| March 26-April 2 | To Paris, Ky. |
| April | Duty at various points in Kentucky |
| June 3-14 | Movement to Vicksburg, Miss. attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
| June 14-July 4 | Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. |
| July 5-10 | Advance on Jackson, Miss. |
| July 10-17 | Siege of Jackson, Miss. |
| July 18 | At Milldale |
| August 6-14 | Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| August 18-25 | March to Nicholasville, Ky. |
| September 9-11 | To Crab Orchard. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
| October 2-29 | March over Cumberland Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., thence to Lenoir Station |
| October 10 | Action at Blue Springs |
| November 4-December 23 | Knoxville Campaign |
| November 4 | At Lenoir Station |
| November 14-15 | Action at Lenoir Station |
| November 16 | Campbell’s Station |
| November 17-December 4 | Siege of Knoxville |
| November 19 | Designated 34th Independent Battery |
| December 5-19 | Pursuit of Longstreet |
| December-March | Operations in East Tennessee |
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1864
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| March 20-April 7 | Movement to Annapolis, Md. Assigned to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 3-June 15 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 10 | Ny River |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient (or “Bloody Angle”) |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 23-24 | Ox Ford |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 16-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 16 – April 2 | Siege of Petersburg |
| July | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| August 18-21 | Weldon Railroad |
| September 29-October 2 | Poplar Springs Church |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| March 25 |
Fort Stedman |
| April 2 | Assault and fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 21-27 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 21 | Mustered out |