United States Regiments & Batteries * U.S. Regulars
The battery is honored by two monuments on the East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| January | Stationed at Fort Pickens, Fla. |
| May 13-26 | Moved to Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor |
| July 8 | To Washington, D.C. |
| July | At Arlington Heights, Va. Attached to Richardson’s Brigade, Tyler’s Division, McDowell’s Army Northeast Virginia |
| July 14 | Reconnaissance from Alexandria on Fairfax, Richmond and Mt. Vernon Roads |
| July 16-21 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| July 17 | Occupation of Fairfax Court House |
| July 18 | Blackburn’s Ford |
| July 21 | Battle of Bull Run |
| August | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Richardson’s Brigade, Division Potomac |
| October | Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
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1862
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| February | Attached to Battery E, 1st Artillery |
| March | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| May 31-June 1 | Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
| June 26-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 27 | Golding’s Farm |
| June 29 | Savage Station and Peach Orchard |
| June 30 | White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-28 | Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centerville |
| August 28-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Virginia |
| August 29 | Battles of Groveton |
| August 30 | Bull Run |
| September 6-22 | Maryland Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| September 14 | Crampton’s Pass |
| September 16-17 | Battle of Antietam |
| September 19-20 | Shepherdstown Ford |
| September 21 | At Sharpsburg, Md. |
| October | Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| October 30-November 19 | Movement to Falmouth |
| December 11-15 | Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
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1863
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| January | At Falmouth |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-6 | Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May | Attached to 2nd Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
| June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army Potomac |
| June 17 | Aldie |
| June 19 | Middleburg |
| June 20-21 | Upperville |
| June 21 | Ashby’s Gap |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery brought 84 men and four 3 inch Ordnance Rifles to the field under Lieutenant Alanson M. Randol and lost no casualties. From the monuments on the East Cavalry Battlefield at Gettysburg: July 1&2. With First Brigade Second Cavalry Division. Not engaged. July 3. One section under Lieut. James Chester was ordered to Second Brigade Third Cavalry Division and took position west of the Low Dutch Road and with Brig. General Custer’s Second Brigade Third Division Cavalry Corps was hotly engaged in repelling the attack of Major General Stuart’s Confederate Cavalry Division. The one section under Lieut. Ernest L. Kinney remained near the Hanover Road. |
| July 16 | Shepherdstown |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| February 28-March 1 | Custer’s Raid into Albemarle County |
| February 29 | Near Charlottesville |
| March 1 | Stannardsville |
| May 4-June 5 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 | Wilderness |
| May 8-21 | Spotsylvania |
| May 21 | Milford Station |
| May 23 | Chesterfield |
| May 23-26 | North Anna |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| May 31 | Machump’s Creek |
| June 1-5 | Cold Harbor |
| June 3 | Sharp’s Farm |
| June 18 | Moved to Washington, D.C. and garrison duty at Forts Willard and Strong, Defenses of Washington, 22nd Corps to October, 1865 |