1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery E
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Providence September 23, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 4. Attached to Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March. Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to April, 1865. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Sprague until November 5, 1861, and at Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Va., Defenses of Washington, until April, 1862.
- April ?-August ?, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
- Warwick Road April 15.
- May 5, 1862 -
Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
- May 31-June 1, 1862 -
Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 25, 1862 -
Engagement at Oak Grove, Virginia
- Jordan's Ford June 27.
- June 29, 1862 -
Engagement at Savage's Station, Virginia
- June 29, 1862 -
Battle of the Peach Orchard, Virginia
- Brackett's June 30.
- June 30, 1862 -
Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
- July 1, 1862 -
Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
- June 25, 1862 -
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
At Harrison's Landing until August 15. Movement to Centreville August 15-26. Bristoe Station or Kettle Run August 27. Groveton August 29. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until October 11. March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 23. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April 27.
- 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
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27.
- 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 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
- June 1-12, 1864 -
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 18-22. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Baltimore, Md, July 9-16, thence back to City Point, Va., July 17-19. Operations against Petersburg and Richmond July, 1864, to April, 1865. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Ordered to City Point April 3. Mustered out June 11, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally listed on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 828, 897, 898, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 916, 932, 933, 934, 936, 938, 939, 940, 941, 1632)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 7)
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