1st New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battalion
Regimental History and Service Record
- Brickel's 1st German Light Artillery Battalion
Organized at New York City and mustered in Company "A" August 26, Company "B" August 12, Company "C" September 11 and Company "D" September 20, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 12, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, to December, 1862, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862.
- Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March ?
- March 17-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia - Near New Bridge June 20.
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia - June 26, 1862 -
Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia - June 27, 1862 -
Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia - June 27-June 28, 1862 -
Engagement at Garnett's and Golding's Farms, Virginia - June 30, 1862 -
Engagement at Turkey Bridge, Virginia - July 1, 1862 -
Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Alexandria August 16-28.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
Movement to Falmouth October-November. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
- March 5, 1863 - Battalion organization discontinued, new designations become:
- Company A designated 29th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
- Company B designated 30th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
- Company C designated 31st New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
- Company D designated 32nd New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
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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 761, 897, 902, 903, 904, 1387-1388)
