1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery G

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Providence December, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., December 7. Attached to Sedgwick's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Reserve Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to July, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to November, 1864. Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Sprague, Defenses of Washington, D.C., until January 3, 1862. Moved to Darnestown January 3 and to Poolesville, Md. Duty there until February and at Edward's Ferry until March. At Bolivar Heights until March 26.

• Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to the Virginia Peninsula March 26-April 2.
• April 2-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
    • June 29, 1862 - Engagement at Savage's Station, Virginia
    • June 29, 1862 - Battle of the Peach Orchard, 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 Alexandria August 16-28, thence march to Fairfax C. H. August 28-31. Cover retreat of Pope's army from Bull Run to Washington, D.C., August 31-September 2.

• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland

Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty there until October 22. Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 18. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April.

• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's Crossing June 5-13.

• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • July 5, 1863 - Skirmish at Fairfield, Pennsylvania
  • July 10-13, 1863 - Skirmishes near Funkstown, Maryland
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
  • Rappahannock Station November 7.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• At Brandy Station 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 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
  • June 1-12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia

Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D.C., July 9-12. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 12. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mount Jackson September 23-24. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Winchester and Kernstown until November. Moved to Washington, D.C., and refit, thence moved to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge and Farmville April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Mustered out June 24, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Battery lost during service 2 Officers and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 18 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, 762, 828, 897, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 932, 933, 934, 936, 938, 939, 940, 941, 1633)