3rd New York Light Artillery / Battery C
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Washington, D.C., from 19th New York Infantry December 11, 1861.
Organized from Company "C" 19th Regiment Infantry December 11, 1861. Attached to Defenses of Washington 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 and Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. Dept. of the South to May, 1863. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Sailed for New Berne, N. C., March 27, arriving there April 2.
SERVICE.--Duty at New Berne, N. C., until January, 1863. Expedition from New Berne on Neuse River Road July 28, 1862. French's Farm July 28. Moved to Port Royal, S. C., January 30-February 2, 1863. At St. Hellena Island, S.C., until April. Expedition against Charleston April 3-11. Moved to New Berne April 14-16. Three years men transferred to Batteries "I" and "K" May 22, 1863. Battery mustered out Juno 2, 1863, at Syracuse, N.Y.
A new Battery "C" organized and mustered in August 31, 1863. Ordered to North Carolina and attached to Defenses of New Berne, Dept. of Virginia, and North Carolina, to January, 1865. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to February, 1865. Carter's Provisional Division, Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1865. Reserve Artillery, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at New Berne and other points in North Carolina until March, 1865. Operations about New Berne against Whiting January 18-February 10, 1864. Beech Grove and Batchelor's Creek February 1-3. Expedition toward Kinston June 20-23. Expedition against Wilmington & Weldon Railroad June 20-25 (Detachment). Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26, 1865. Southwest Creek March 7. Battle of Kinston or Wise's Forks March 8-10. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina until July. Mustered out July 14, 1865.
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page 1393)
