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1861
December 11 Organized at Washington, D.C. from Company B, 19th New York Infantry Regiment.
Consolidated with Batteries C and D.
December 19 New Battery B organized at New York City and mustered in
December Joined Regiment at Washington, D.C. Attached to Defenses of Washington
1862
March 27 Sailed for New Berne
April 3 Arrived at New Berne, N. C. and duty there attached to Dept. of North Carolina
May 15-16 Reconnaissance toward Trenton, N. C.
May 15 Trenton Bridge
July 25-29 Expedition to Trenton and Pollocksville
November 2-12 Expedition to Tarboro
November 2 Action at Rawle’s Mills
December 11-20 Foster’s Expedition to Goldsboro
December 13-14 Southwest Creek
December 14 Kinston
December 16 Whitehall
December 17 Goldsboro
December Attached to Artillery Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina
1863
January Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, and Dept. of the South
January 30 Moved to Port Royal, S. C.
February 2 At St. Helena Island
April 3-11 Expedition against Charleston, S.C. At Seabrook Island, S.C. attached to Guss’ Brigade, Seabrook Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South
June 19 Edisto Island
June At St. Helena Island, S.C. attached to 10th Army Corps
July 10 Attack on Morris Island. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Morris Island, S.C.
July 11 and 18 Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C.
July 18-
September 7
Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S.C., and operations against: Fort Sumter and Charleston
August 17-23 Bombardment of Fort Sumter and Charleston
September 7 Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg
September Operations against Charleston from Morris and Folly Islands and duty at Hilton Head, S.C.
1864
April Attached to Morris Island, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of the South
July 2-10 Expedition to Johns and James Islands
July 4-9 Operations against Battery Pringle
July 7 Johns Island
July 10 James Island
November 28-30 Hatch’s Expedition up Broad River attached to Artillery, Coast Division, Dept. of the South
November 30 Battle of Honey Hill
December 6-9 Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad
December 6 Deveaux’s Neck
December 9 Tillifinny Station, Occupation of Deveaux’s Neck
1865
January 19 Moved to Morris Island and attached to 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Dept. of the South
February 7 Cole’s Island
February 8 Ashepoo
February 18 Occupation of Charleston. Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, S.C.
July 13 Ordered to New York and mustered out