1st New York Light Artillery / Battery G

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Elmira, N.Y., and mustered in September 24, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 31, 1861. Attached to Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, November, 1861, to March, 1862. Richardson's 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. Unattached, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, to November, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery Reserve, attached to 2nd Army Corps, to January, 1865. Artillery Reserve, attached to 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., November, 1861, to March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad March 28-31. Bealeton Station March 28. Warrenton Junction March 29. Rappahannock Station March 29.

• Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 3.
• April 3-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
  • April 5-May 4, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
  • May 31-June 1, 1862 - Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
  • June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
    • Fair Oaks June 27.
    • June 29, 1862 - Engagement at Savage's Station, Virginia
    • June 30, 1862 - Engagement at White Oak Swamp, Virginia
    • June 30, 1862 - Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
    • July 1, 1862 - Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
• At Harrison's Landing until August 16.
• Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 15-30.
• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland

Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22-October 29. Reconnaissance to Leesburg October 1-2. Leesburg October 1. Reconnaissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Snicker's Gap November 2. Falmouth November 17, Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April.

• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

On line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe Station October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Stevensburg until May, 1864.

• May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
  • May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
  • May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
    • May 10, 1864 - Combat at Po River, Virginia
    • May 12, 1864 - Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
  • May 22-26, 1864 - Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
  • May 26-28, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
  • May 28-31, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
    • May 30, 1864 - Action at Hanover Court House, Virginia
    • May 31, 1864 - Engagement at Hanover Court House, Virginia
  • June 1-12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia

Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, August 14-18. Fort Steadman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28- April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Moved to Washington May. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 19, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 30.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 761, 827, 897, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 916, 932, 933, 934, 935, 940, 1390)