3rd New York Light Artillery / Battery M
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Washington, D.C., from 19th New York Infantry December 11, 1861.
Originally organized as Company "I," 75th New York Infantry. Transferred to 3rd Light Artillery January 24, 1862. Joined Regiment at Washington, D.C., February 22, 1862. 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, to May, 1863. Defenses of New Berne, N. C., to October, 1863. Heckman's Command, Newport News, Va., to December, 1863. U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to May, 1864. 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, to June, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Sailed for New Berne, N. C., March 27, arriving there April 2. Duty at New Berne until October, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., October 16-18. Duty there and in the Defenses of Portsmouth, Va., until May, 1864. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Capture of Fort Powhatan, James River, May 5. Fort Clifton May 9. Harrison's Church May 11. Harrison's Plantation May 15. Bermuda Hundred May 16. Spring Hill May 18. Fort Powhatan May 21. Wilson's Wharf Landing May 24. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30, 1864. At Battery Anderson, Bermuda Hundred front, to December, and at Spring Hill to April, 1865. Fall of Petersburg and Richmond April 2-3, 1865. Duty at Richmond until June. Mustered out at Richmond. Va.. June 26, 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 1395)
