3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery / Battery A

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Regimental History and Service Record

Attached to Sherman's Expeditionary Corps to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. U.S. Forces Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. South, to September, 1862. U.S. Forces Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to January, 1863. District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Corps, to November, 1863. Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to December, 1863. Folly Island. S.C., 10th Corps, to January, 1864. District of Hilton Head, S. C, 10th Corps, to April, 1864. District of Florida, Dept. South, to October, 1864. District of Beaufort, S.C., 2nd Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South, to November, 1864. Artillery Brigade, Coast Division, Dept. of the South, to January, 1865. District of Beaufort, 2nd Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South, and Dept. of South Carolina, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., until January, 1863. Action at Whitmarsh and Wilmington Islands April 16, 1862. At Beaufort, S.C., until November, 1863. Moved to Morris Island, S.C., November 14-16, and operations against Charleston, S.C., from Morris and Folly Islands, until December, 1863. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., and duty there until April, 1864. Moved to Jacksonville, Fla., and duty there until October, 1864. Expedition from Jacksonville to Finnegan's Camp May 25. Cedar Creek May 25. Expedition from Jacksonville to Camp Milton May 31-June 3. Expedition to Baldwin July 23-28. South Fork Black Creek July 24. Near Whitesides July 27. Raid on Florida Railroad August 15-19. Engagement at Gainesville August 17. Moved to Beaufort, S.C., October, and duty there until November 29. Expedition to Boyd's Neck November 29-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30. Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Deveaux Neck December 6 and December 27. Duty at Beaufort, S.C., until May, 1865, and in Dept. of the South until August, 1865. Mustered out August 27, 1865.

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