1st New York Light Artillery / Battery K
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Elmira, N.Y., and mustered in November 20, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., November 21, 1861. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C., until April, 1862. Railroad Brigade, Middle Department, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to May 25, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June 28, 1862. 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, to February, 1863. Dept. of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 12, 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to March, 1864. 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to April, 1864. Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D. C, until April, 1862. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and duty there and in the Shenandoah Valley until August. Charlestown May 28. Defense of Harper's Ferry May 28-30. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Beverly Ford August 22-24. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. At Maryland Heights until December. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
- April 27-May 6, 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
- May 1-5, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1-5, 1863 -
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
[1]- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., March, 1864, to June, 1865. Mustered out June 20, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 15 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally referenced on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 827, 905, 916, 1391)