3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery / Battery I

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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 of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864. U.S. Forces, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps, to July, 1863. Morris Island, 10th Corps, to April, 1864. Morris Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, to September, 1864.

SERVICE.--At Hilton Head until December, 1861. Garrison Fort Drayton, Otter Island, S.C., until May, 1862. Duty at Hilton Head until April, 1863. Moved to Folly Island, S.C., and duty there until July, 1863. Attack on Morris Island, S.C., July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 11 and 18. Siege of Fort Wagner July 18-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, September 7. Siege operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., from Morris and Folly Islands until September, 1864. Actions on James Island July 1-2, and at Fort Johnson July 3. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., thence to New York and Providence September 26-30. Mustered out October 4, 1864.

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