2nd United States Artillery / Battery E
Regimental History and Service Record
At Washington, D. C, January, 1861. Attached to Schenck's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, June to August, 1861. Artillery Division, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Potomac, to May, 1862. 5th Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to December, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to February, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863 Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1864. Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864. Camp Barry, Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to November, 1864. Consolidated with Battery "C" 2nd Artillery August 24, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, November, 1864, to October. 1865.
SERVICE.--
- July 16-21, 1861 -
The Manassas Campaign
- Duty in the Defenses of Washington until March, 1862.
- Moved to the Virginia Peninsula.
- March 17-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
- Near Williamsburg May 4.
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
- At Harrison's Landing until August 16.
- Movement to Centreville, Va., August 16-28.
- Battle of Groveton August 29.
- Battle of Bull Run August 30.
- Chantilly September 1.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
Warrenton or Sulphur Springs November 15. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Newport News February 10, and duty there until March 19. Movement to Kentucky March 19-23. Duty in District of Central Kentucky until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 7-14.
- May 18-July 4, 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 4-18. March to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Operations in East Tennessee until March, 1864. Ordered to Annapolis, Md.
- May 4-June 7, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
- Cold Harbor June 1-7.
- June 1-3, 1864 -
Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
- June 1-3, 1864 -
- May 5-7, 1864 -
- Ordered to Washington, D. C., and duty in the Defenses of that city until October 1865.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 761, 779, 895, 897, 902, 903, 904, 933, 934, 940, 941, 1698-1699)
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