3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery / Battery D

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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. District of Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. South, to September, 1862. District Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to April, 1863. U.S. Forces, Folly Island, S. C, 10th Corps. Dept. South, to July, 1863. U. S. Forces, Morris Island, S. C, 10th Corps, Dept. South, to March, 1864. Fort Pulaski, Ga., District Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. of the South, to October, 1864.

SERVICE.--Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., until April, 1863. Expedition to Stono Inlet April 2-11, 1862. Moved to Folly Island, S. C., April, 1863, and duty there until July, 1863. Attack on Morris Island July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C., July 11 and 18. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Charleston until March, 1864. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7, 1863. Moved to Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 18, 1864, and garrison duty there until September. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., thence to New York and Providence September 26-30. Mustered out October 4, 1864. A new Battery "D" consolidated Battalion, organized by transfers March 10, 1865. Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, and duty on Morris Island, and in the Dept. of the South, until August. Mustered out August 27, 1865.

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