1st United States Artillery / Battery H

Regimental History and Service Record

In Brief

DESIGNATIONS

• No initial designation
• Attached to Reserve Artillery, Army Potomac, to March, 1862
• 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Potomac, to May, 1862
• 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to October, 1863
• 3rd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to December, 1863
• 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to March, 1864
• Camp Barry, D.C., to April, 1864
• Consolidated with the 1st United States Artillery / Battery I on April 20, 1864
• 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Potomac, to May, 1865
• Dept. of Washington

SERVICE

1861

• Originally garrisoned at Fort Moultrie, Charleston County, South Carolina
• December 20, 1860-April 14, 1861 - Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
  • December 26, 1860 - Evacuation of Fort Moultrie and Occupation of Fort Sumter, South Carolina
• Evacuation of Fort Sumter April 13
• Reached Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor, April 19
• Moved to Chambersburg, Pa., June 3, and Joined Patterson's army
• Ordered to Washington, D.C., arriving August 28
• Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862.

1862

• Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March
• March 17-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
  • April 5-May 4, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
  • 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
    • June 30, 1862 - Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
    • July 1, 1862 - Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
• Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Washington, D.C., August 16-23
• Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad November 10-12
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15

1863

• "Mud March" January 20-24
• Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7
• At Falmouth until April
• Rappahannock Bridge April 14
• 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
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2

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 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 1-7, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
  • June 7-24, 1864 - (Sheridan's) Raid to Trevillian Station, Virginia
    • June 11-12, 1864 - Engagement at Trevillian Station, Virginia
    • Black Creek or Tunstall Station and White House or St. Peter's Church June 21
    • St. Mary's Church June 24
• At Light House Point June 29-July 27
• At Camp Barry until September
• Arthur's Swamp September 29
• Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 1
  • Wyatt's Road October 1
• Boydton Plank Road October 27-28
• Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 12

1865

• Dabney's Mills February 5-7, 1865
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9
  • Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31
  • Five Forks April 1
  • Namozine Church April 3
  • Paine's Cross Roads April 5
  • Sailor's Creek April 6
  • Appomattox Court House April 9 - Surrender of Lee and his army
• Moved to Washington, D.C., May
• Grand Review May 23.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 828, 829, 831, 897, 899, 901, 902, 904, 905, 916, 932, 933, 934, 941, 942, 1695)