United States Regiments & Batteries > Rhode Island
Rhode Island’s Battery E lost 17 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 12 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| September 23 | Organized at Providence |
| October 4 | Left State for Washington, D.C. Duty at Camp Sprague attached to Heintzelman’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
| November 5 | At Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Va. |
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1862
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| March 1862 | Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| April to August | Virginia Peninsula Campaign |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| April 15 | Warwick Road |
| May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 31-June 1 | Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines |
| June 25-June 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 25 | Oak Grove, near Seven Pines |
| June 27 | Jordan’s Ford |
| June 29 | Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
| June 30 | Brackett’s and Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July – August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 15-26 | Movement to Centreville, Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| August 27 | Bristoe Station or Kettle Run |
| August 29 | Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1 | Chantilly |
| September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
| October 11-November 23 | March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Va., |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February-April | At Falmouth |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleLieutenant John K. Bucklyn was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle. |
| July 1-4 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant John K. Bucklyn until he was wounded on July 2. Second Lieutenant Benjamin Freeborn then took command in spite of being slightly wounded himself. Battery E brought 116 men to the field serving six 12-pounder Napoleons. It lost 3 killed, 26 wounded and 1 missing |
| July 23 | Wapping Heights, Va. |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Kelly’s Ford |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 | Payne’s Farm |
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1864
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| March | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps |
| May-June | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 18-22 | Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 9-16 | Moved to Baltimore |
| July 17-19 | Back to City Point, Va. attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
| July | Operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| December | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps |
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1865
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| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg; attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
| April 3 | Ordered to City Point |
| June 11 | Mustered out |