Battle of Antietam

Battery A was commanded at Antietam by Captain John Tidball. It was armed with four 3″ Ordnance Rifles and lost 1 man killed and 3 men wounded.

From the War Department marker at Antietam:

Horse Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery, moved from its bivouac near Keedysville on the morning of the 17th, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and preceded and supported by the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, went into position on the crest of this ridge about 160 yards north of this point and engaged the Confederate Artillery on Cemetery Hill and the ridge north of it. At noon it was relieved to replenish ammunition. About 3 P.M., it returned to its original position and again engaged the enemy. The right section, in charge of Lieut. A.C.M. Pennington, advanced about 650 yards, to the right and front, took position on the flank of Richrdson’s Division and engaged a Confederate Battery west of the Hagerstown Pike and few yards north of where Piper’s Lane intersects it. The Battery withdrew at dusk and recrossed the Antietam.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Battle of Gettysburg

Battery A was commanded by Lieutenant John H. Calef. It was armed with six 3-inch Ordnance Rifles at Gettysburg and lost 12 men wounded and 13 horses killed.

From the monument on Chambersburg Road:

June 30 Arrived in the evening from Emmitsburg and took position on the Chambersburg Pike.

July 1 Advanced with the Cavalry. Went into position with right section on right of the road left section on the left and center section with Col. Wm. Gamble’s Brigade on the right of Fairfield Road. The First Union gun of the battle was fired from right section and the positions held under a severe fire until the First Corps arrived about 10 a.m. The Battery was then relieved by Capt. J.A. Hall’s 2nd Maine Battery and after being supplied with ammunition returned to a line in front of Cemetery Ridge and towards night moved to the left about a mile and bivouacked for the night near the Third Corps.

July 2 A.M. marched with the First Brigade of Major General John Buford’s Division to Taneytown en route to Westminster 

From the monument on Reynolds Avenue:

July 1 Advanced with the First Division Cavalry Corps. The Right and Left Sections on the Chambersburg Pike. The Centre Section under Sergt. Chas. Pergel posted here with the First Brigade First Division Cavalry Corps and assisted in repulsing an attack of the Confederate infantry.

This section having been withdrawn joined the Battery in the rear and again advanced with Left Section and Received Battery B First Maine Artillery on Chambersburg Pike in the afternoon but was soon compelled by a front and enfilading fire to retire. Rejoined the Battery in position with the cavalry on the left in front of Cemetery Ridge and remained during the night.

Battle of the Wilderness

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

Trevillian Station

Five Forks

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.