1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery / Battery D
Regimental History and Service Record
(43rd Volunteers)
Organized at Philadelphia August 5, 1861. Moved to Washington, D.C., August, 1861. Attached to Buell's Division, Army Potomac, October, 1861, to March, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., to August, 1863. Unattached, Artillery, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to January, 1864. Wheaton's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1864. Artillery Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to January, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to May, 1865. 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--
- Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862.
- Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March.
- March ?-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
- May 5, 1862 -
Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
- May 31-June 1, 1862 -
Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Sulphur Springs August 26. Maryland Campaign September. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17 (Reserve). Duty in Maryland until October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April.
- April 27-May 6, 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Ordered to Washington, D.C., June, and duty at Camp Barry until August. Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and duty there until August, 1864.
- May 18-July 4, 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
[1]
- October 23, 1863 - Consolidated with (I) 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery / Battery C
- Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November.
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
[2]- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
[3] - May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
[4]
- May 5-7, 1864 -
- September 3, 1864 -
Engagement at Berryville, Virginia
Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Maryland Heights and in Dept. of West Virginia until June, 1865. Mustered out June 30, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Lost during service 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 18 Enlisted men by disease. Total 30.
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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 779, 897, 898, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 932, 934, 952, 1572-1573)