2nd United States Artillery / Battery B

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Regimental History and Service Record

  • At Fortress Monroe, Va., January, 1861
  • Attached to Department of Northeastern Virginia / 1st Division (Tyler) / 2nd Brigade (Schenck), Brigaded with:
  • Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862
  • Consolidated with Battery "L" 2nd Artillery, May, 1862, and attached to 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862
  • Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1862
  • Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863
  • 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863
  • 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac and Shenandoah, to December, 1864
  • Reserve Artillery, Middle Military Division, to April, 1865
  • Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Corps, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--

Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, Hatteras Inlet, N. C., August 28-29. Moved to Washington, D.C., September, and duty there until March, 1862.

At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24.

Stoneman's Raid April 29-May 8. Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford June 9. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Brandy Station August 1-4. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Raccoon Ford October 10. Morton's Ford, Stevensburg, and Kelly's Ford October 11. Brandy Station or Fleetwood October 11-12. Oak Hill October 15. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-9. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. New Hope Church November 27.

Siege of Petersburg June 16-August 5. Deep Bottom July 27-29. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Tell Gate, near White Post, and near Newtown August 11. Cedarville, Guard Hill or Front Royal August 16. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal September 21.

Waynesboro September 29. Tom's Brook October 8-9. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Expedition to Lacey Springs December 19-22. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and at Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.

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Notes

  1. Not originally listed on unit homepage
  2. Not originally listed on unit homepage
  3. Not originally listed on Dyer summary
  4. Not originally listed on Dyer summary

Sources

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 271, 758, 760, 761, 894, 897, 902, 903, 904, 905, 932, 933, 935, 936, 936, 937, 940, 941, 953, 1697-1698)