United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Artillery, Cavalry & Engineers
Battery A lost 1 officer and 16 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 21 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| August 5 | Organized at Philadelphia under Captain Hezekiah Easton |
| August | Ordered to Washington, D.C. and Camp at Tennallytown, Md. attached to McCall’s Pennsylvania Reserve Division, Army Potomac |
| October | At Camp Pierpont near Langley, Va. |
| December 6 | Expedition to Grinnell’s Farm |
| December 20 | Action at Dranesville |
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1862 |
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| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| April 9-19 | McDowell’s advance on Falmouth. Attached to Artillery, McCall’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| April | Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg |
| June | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond, Va. |
| June 26 |
Beaver Dam Creek or Mechanicsville |
| June 27 |
Gaines’ MillCaptain Easton was killed. Lieutenant John G. Simpson took command. |
| June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
| July | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 15-26 | Movement to join Pope. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
| August 28 |
Battle of Gainesville |
| August 29 |
Battle of Groveton (Brawner’s Farm) |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September |
Maryland CampaignAttached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery suffered 1 killed and 3 wounded. |
| October-November | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863 |
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February 9 | Ordered to Newport News and attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| March | To Suffolk. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| April 12-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
| June 26-July 8 |
Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
| July 1-7 |
Expedition from White House to South Anna RiverAttached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
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1864 |
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| January |
Duty at Portsmouth, Va.Attached to Heckman’s Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| April | Attached to Defenses of Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| May | Attached to District Eastern Virginia, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| July |
Siege operations against Petersburg and RichmondAttached to Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps |
| August 21 | Captain Simpson was dismissed. First Lieutenant William Stitt was promoted to captain |
| September 28-30 |
Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps |
| October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
| December | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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1865 |
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| April 3 | Occupation of Richmond |
| April-July | Engaged in demolishing defenses and removing Ordnance |
| July 25 | Mustered out |