United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
Battery C is honored by a monument on the Gettysburg battlefield.
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1862
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| January 25 -March 30 | Organized at Wheeling, W. Va. from Company B of the 18th Ohio Infantry Regiment |
| March-May | Duty at Franklin, Va. serving unattached, Railroad District, Dept. of the Mountains |
| May | Attached to 1st Brigade, Blenker’s Division, Dept. of the Mountains |
| May 25-June 14 | Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley |
| June 1 | Mount Carmel Road, near Strasburg attached to Reserve Artillery, 1st Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia |
| June 2 | Strasburg |
| June 3 | Tom’s Brook |
| June 6 |
Mount Jackson |
| June 8 | Battle of Cross Keys |
| June 9 |
Port Republic |
| June-August | At Sperryville |
| August 8-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 9 |
Battle of Cedar MountainIn reserve. |
| August 20-21 | Rappahannock Station |
| August 22 | Freeman’s Ford |
| August 24 | Sulphur Springs |
| August 24-25 | Waterloo Bridge |
| August 27 | Plains of Manassas |
| August 28 | Gainesville |
| August 29 | Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 16-19 | Reconnaissance to Leesburg and skirmish |
| December 10-16 | March to Fredericksburg, Va. |
| December 27-29 | Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station |
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1863
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| January-April | At Falmouth, Va. |
| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| March | Attached to Reserve Artillery, 11th Army Corps |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May | Attached to 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
| June 12-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded by Captain Wallace Hill. It brought 124 men to the field serving four 10-pounder Parrott Rifles, and lost two men killed and two wounded. |
| August | Attached to 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign, attached to 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock attached to 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| March | Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defenses of that city south of the Potomac attached to Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., 22nd Corps |
| May | Attached to 2nd Brigade, De Russy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| July 11-12 | Repulse of Early’s attack on Washington. Attached to 4th Brigade, De Russy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| October | Attached to 3rd Brigade, De Russy’s Division. 22nd Army Corps |
| December | Attache to 1st Brigade, De Russy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
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1865
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| June 28 | Mustered out |