Siege of Yorktown

Battle of Williamsburg

Seven days before Richmond

Gaines’ Mill

White Oak Swamp

Malvern Hill

Maryland Campaign

South Mountain

Battle of Antietam

Battery F was commanded by Lieutenant Leonard Martin. It was armed with four 10-pounder Parrott Rifles and two Napoleons.

From the War Department marker at Antietam:

Early in the morning of the 17th, Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery, generally known as Ayers’ Battery, moved with Smith’s Division, Sixth Army Corps, from its bivouac in Pleasant Valley near Crampton’s Pass, and, about 12 noon, went into position about 110 yards south of this point on the left of Battery D, 2d U.S. Artillery, and engaged the Confederate Artillery in the woods around the Dunkard Church and in the fields south of it. The fire was continued with intervals, throughout the day, and the Battery remained in substantially the same position until the morning of the 19th.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville Campaign

Salem Heights

Battle of Gettysburg

Battery F was commanded by Lieutenant Martin. It was armed with six ten-Pounder Parrotts, was in reserve and suffered no casualties.

From the battery’s monument at Gettysburg:

July 2. Arrived in the afternoon with the Corps and held in reserve.

July 3. Brought up to Ziegler’s Grove in rear of Third Division Second Corps on the repulse of Longstreet’s assault.

Bristoe Campaign

Rappahannock Station

Mine Run Campaign

Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights

Chaffin’s Farm

Appomattox Campaign

Fall of Petersburg and Richmond