United States Regiments & Batteries > New York
The 8th New York Independent Battery lost 36 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Newburg, N.Y., as a part of the 10th Legion, 56th New York Infantry Regiment | |
| October 30 | Mustered in |
| December 7 | Designated 8th Battery and left State for Washington, D.C. |
| December | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to Casey’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 20-24 | Operations about Bottom’s Bridge |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks |
| June | Attached to 1st Brigade, King’s Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond. Attached to 4th Corps, Yorktown, Va. |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
| July | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August | Moved to Yorktown, Va., and duty there and at Gloucester Point attached to Artillery Reserve, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia |
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1863
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| June 24-July 7 | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
| July 25 | Expedition to Gloucester Court House |
| October 4-9 | Expedition to Matthews County |
| October | Garrison duty at Portsmouth, Va. |
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1864
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| January | Assigned to Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| May – June | 1 Section detached with Kautz’s Cavalry Division, Army of the James |
| May 3-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 5-11 | Kautz’s Raid from Suffolk against Petersburg & Weldon Railroad (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 5 | Wall’s Bridge (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 7 | Stony Creek Station (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 8 | Nottaway Railroad Bridge (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 8-9 | Jarrett’s Station and Nottaway River (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 12-17 | Kautz’s Raid on Richmond & Danville Railroad (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 14 | Flat Creek Bridge near Chula Depot (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 16 | Belcher’s Mills (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| May 17-30 | Bermuda Hundred (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| June 9 | Petersburg (section with Kautz’s Cavalry Division) |
| July 27-August 4 | Expedition from Suffolk into North Carolina |
| October 15-17 | Expedition from Bernard’s Mills to Murfree’s, N. C. (Section) |
| October 16 | Blackwater (Section) |
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1865
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| March 10-11 | Expedition from Suffolk to Murfree’s Depot, N, C. (Detachment) |
| March 10 | South Quay (Detachment) |
| June 30 | Mustered out at Norfolk, Va., |