3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery / Battery F
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 December, 1863. Tybee Island, S.C., 10th Corps, to March, 1864. Morris Island, S. C, Northern District, Dept. of the South, to September, 1864.
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. Moved to Hilton Head, thence 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 December, 1863. Moved to Tybee Island, S.C., December, 1863, and duty there until March, 1864. Moved to Morris Island, S.C., March 18, and duty there operating against Fort Sumter and Charleston until September. Actions on James Island July 1-2, and at 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)
