Action at Falling Waters

One section under 1st Lieutenant D.D. Perkins was assigned to the 6th Brigade, 2nd Division and a second section under Captain McLean to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division. Both crossed the Potomac at Lemon’s Ferry near Williamsport and in the morning were engaged in a skirmish at Porterfield’s Farm near Falling Waters. Camped that night near Hainesville, Virginia.

Operations on the Upper Potomac

Advance on Winchester, Virginia

Operations in the Shenandoah Valley

Attached to the Department of the Shenandoah, 1st Division

Battle of Winchester

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.

Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia

Second Battle of Bull Run

Maryland Campaign

Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

Battle of Antietam

The battery was commanded by Lieutenant Edward D. Muhlenberg. It brought 98 men to the field and was equipped with six Napoleons.

Chancellorsville Campaign

Battle of Chancellorsville

Gettysburg Campaign

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Lieutenant Sylvanus T. Rugg, the battery brought six 12-Pounders to the field and lost 1 man wounded.

From the monument on Taneytown Road:

July 1. Approached gettysburg on the Baltimore Pike to Two Taverns and took position to counteract any movements of the Confederates from towards Hanover. At noon moved to the Hanover Road and marched to within one and one half miles of Gettysburg.

July 2. Took position so as to command a gap between the First and Second Corps.

July 3. At 1 a.m. posted opposite the centre of the line of the Twelfth Corps and at 4:30 opened fire on the Confederates who had taken possession of a portion of the line of the Twelfth Corps the preceding night. Continued firing until after 10 a.m. when the Confederates were driven from the line. In the afternoon the Battery was exposed to a severe shelling which passed over Cemetery Hill.