3rd New York Light Artillery / Battery A
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Washington, D.C., from 19th New York Infantry December 11, 1861.
Attached to Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Unattached, Dept. of North Carolina, to December, 1862. Artillery Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1863. Defenses of New Berne, N. C, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., December, 1861, to March, 1862. Sailed for New Berne, N. C., March 27, arriving there April 2, and duty there until January, 1863. Foster's Expedition to Port Royal, S.C., January 30-February 2, 1863. At St. Helena Island, S.C., until April. Expedition against Charleston, S.C., April 3-11. Moved to New Berne, N. C., April 14-16. Three years' men transferred to Batteries "E," "I" and "K" May 22. Ordered to New York and mustered out at Syracuse, N.Y., June 2, 1863, expiration of term.
A new Battery "A" organized and mustered in September 23, 1864. Ordered to North Carolina. Attached to District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1865. Carter's Division, Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Carolina City and New Berne, N. C., until March, 1865. Demonstration against Kinston, N. C., December 9-15, 1864. Gardner's Bridge December 9. Foster's Mills December 10. Butler's Bridge December 11-12 and January 10, 1865. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Wise's Forks March 7-10. Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina until June. Ordered to New York and mustered out at Syracuse, N. Y., July 3, 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). (Page 1392)
