1st New York Light Artillery / Battery F

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Elmira, N.Y., and mustered in September 14, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 31, 1861. Attached to Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Franklin's 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Yorktown, Va., 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, De-Russy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., November, 1861, to March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Fredericksburg, Va., April 4-12.

• Ordered to the Peninsula April 22.
• April 22-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
  • April 24-May 4, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia (on transports)

West Point May 7-8. Near Slatersville May 9. Mechanicsville May 24. Operations about White House Landing May 26-July 2. Duty at White House until July. Garrison duty at Yorktown, Va., until July, 1863, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until June, 1865. Mustered out June 17, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Battery lost during service 14 Enlisted men by disease.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 895, 897, 1390)