United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Artillery, Cavalry & Engineers
Battery B lost 2 officers and 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 17 enlisted men to diseaseduring the Civil War. It is honored by two monuments at Gettysburg.
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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 of the battery. |
| 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 | Groveton |
| August 30 | Bull Run |
| September | Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| September 14 | South Mountain |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery suffered 1 man 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 River attached 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 Richmond. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps |
| August 21 | Captain Simpson 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 |