3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery / Battery B
Regimental History and Service Record
Attached to Sherman's Expeditionary Corps to April 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. U.S. Forces, Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. South to September, 1862. U.S. Forces, Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to July, 1863. U. S. Forces, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. South, to March, 1864. District of Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. South, to October, 1864. Morris Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. South, 1st Separate Brigade to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., until February 1862. Operations against Fort Pulaski, Ga., February 21-April 10. Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski April 9-10. At Hilton Head until May 23. Moved to Edisto Island, S. C, May 23. Operations on James Island, S.C., June 1-28. Action on James Island June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Moved to Hilton Head S.C., June 28-July 1, and duty there until July, 1863. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 11 and 18. Siege of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 18-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston until March, 1864. Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., until October 1864. Operations against Charleston from Morris Island, S.C., until February, 1865. Duty at Sullivan's Island, S.C., and in the Dept. of South Carolina until August. Mustered out August 27, 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 1628)
