3rd New York Light Artillery / Battery D
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Washington, D.C., from 19th New York Infantry December 11, 1861.
Organized from Company "D," 19th Regiment Infantry, December 11, 1861. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C., 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., Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1863.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Sailed for New Berne, N. C., March 27, arriving there April 2, and duty there until May, 1863. Three years men transferred to Batteries "E," "I" and "K" May 22, 1863. Mustered out at Elmira, N.Y., June 2, 1863.
A new Battery "D" organized at Syracuse, N.Y., and mustered in February, 1864. Ordered to Dept. of North Carolina and attached to District of Beaufort, N. C., 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. 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 at Syracuse, N.Y., July 5, 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)
