3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery / Battery E
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. District of Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. of the South, to September. 1862. District of Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to November, 1863. Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864. Morris Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, to October, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., until May, 1862. Whitmarsh and Wilmington Islands April 16. 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 November, 1863. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C., October 21-23, 1862. Actions at Caston's and Frampton's Plantations near Pocotaligo and Coosawhatchie River October 22, 1862. Ordered to Morris Island, S.C., November, 1863, and duty there operating against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., until September, 1864. Actions on James Island, S.C., July 1-2, and Fort Johnson July 3. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., thence to New York and Providence September 26-30. Mustered out October 4, 1864.
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page 1629)
