1st New York Light Artillery / Battery A
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Utica, N.Y., and mustered in September 12, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 31, 1861, and duty at Camp Barry until March, 1862. Attached to 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862.
- March 17-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
- May 5, 1862 -
Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
- Bottom's and Turkey Island Bridge May 23.
- Chickahominy May 24
- Bottom's Bridge May 30
- May 31-June 1, 1862 -
Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
- Guns captured May 31
- Men transferred to Batteries "D" and "H" 1st New York Light Artillery and 7th and 8th Independent Batteries New York Light Artillery June 15, 1862.
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
BATTERY reorganized at Utica, N.Y. Duty at Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., January to June, 1863. Whipple's Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna, to January, 1864. Actions at Chambersburg, Pa., July 4 and 30, 1863. Lehigh District, Dept. of the Susquehanna, to May, 1864. Harrisburg, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, to August, 1864. District of the Monongahela, Dept. of the Susquehanna, to October, 1864. Chambersburg, Pa., Dept. of the Susquehanna, to November, 1864. District of Philadelphia, Dept. of Pennsylvania, to June, 1865. Duty at Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Chambersburg and Allegheny City, Pa., June, 1863, to June, 1865.
- July 29, 1863 -
Skirmish at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
(Section) - June 28, 1865 - Mustered out of federal service
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 9 Enlisted men by disease. Total 13.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 828, 897, 898, 901, 1388)