United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Artillery, Cavalry & Engineers
Battery C lost 2 enlisted men killed and 12 to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Philadelphia under Captain Jeremiah McCarthy | |
| August 5 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| Duty at Camp Barry and in the Defenses of Washington. | |
| October | Attached to W. F. Smith’s Division, Army Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 31-June 1 | Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven Days before Richmond |
| June 29 | James River Road near Fair Oaks and Savage Station |
| June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-24 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| September | Maryland Campaign |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery was armed with four 10-pounder Parrott rifles. It did not arrive on the field until after the battle. |
| September – October | Duty in Maryland |
| October 8 | Captain McCarthy discharged |
| October 29 – November 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May 2 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
| May 3 |
Maryes Heights, FredericksburgAttached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Corps |
| May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
| May 4 | Banks’ Ford |
| June | Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Corps |
| July 9 | Moved to Maryland Heights and duty at Harper’s Ferry. W. Va. attached to 1st Brigade, Lockwood’s Division, Dept. Susquehanna |
| August | Attached to Maryland Heights Division, Dept. West Virginia |
| October 23 | Consolidated with Battery “D,” 1st Pennsylvania Artillery |
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1864
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| December | Second Battery C organized. Duty at Harper’s Ferry, Martinsburg and in the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
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1865
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| April | Attached to 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| June 30 | Mustered out |