34th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

• "Hamilton Artillery"
• "Flushing Battery"

Originally organized as Battery "L," 2nd New York Heavy Artillery, and mustered in November 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., December 2, 1861. Detached from Regiment March, 1862. Attached to Sturgis' Brigade, Military District of Washington, to June, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, to December, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to February, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863, and Army of the Ohio to June, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to April, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865. Designated 34th Independent Battery November 19, 1863.

SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until June, 1862. Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23. Sulphur Springs August 23-24. Buckland's Bridge, Broad Run, August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defenses of Washington and in Pleasant Valley, Md., until October 27. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 19. Action at Jefferson November 11. Sulphur Springs November 13 and 15. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until February 19. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 19; thence to Paris, Ky., March 26-April 2. Duty at various points in Kentucky until June. Movement to Vicksburg, Miss., June 3-14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. At Milldale until August 6. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, August 6-14. March to Nicholasville, Ky., August 18-25, and to Crab Orchard September 9-11. March over Cumberland Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., thence to Lenoir Station October 2-29. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. At Lenoir Station until November 14. Action at Lenoir Station November 14-15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-19. Operations in East Tennessee until March 20, 1864. Movement to Annapolis, Md., March 20-April 7.

• 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 10, 1864 - Combat at Ny River, 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 24, 1864 - Combat at Ox Ford, 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
    • June 1-3, 1864 - Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia

Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Assault and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 21-27.

• May 23, 1865 - Grand Review
• June 21, 1865 - Mustered out of federal service

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Battery lost during service 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 21.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 938, 940, 941, 1403)