3rd United States Artillery / Battery L
Regimental History and Service Record
At San Francisco, Cal., until October, 1861. Ordered to New York October 14, thence to Washington, D.C. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, March to May, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863, and Dept. of the Ohio to June, 1863. Artillery Reserve, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1864. Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to February, 1865. District of Alexandria, Va., 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--
- March 17-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
- New Bridge June 19.
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
- At Harrison's Landing until August 16.
- Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria, Va., August 16-23.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
At Sharpsburg until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 7; thence to Kentucky March 21-28. Duty in District of Central Kentucky until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 4-18. Moved to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Action at Philadelphia October 16. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Blain's Cross Roads December 17. Strawberry Plains January 21-22, 1864. Duty in East Tennessee until March, 1864. Ordered to Annapolis, Md.
- May 4-16, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-16, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 5-7, 1864 -
- Ordered to Washington, D.C., May 16, and duty in the Defenses of that city and Alexandria until August, 1865.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 761, 897, 902, 904, 905, 933, 934, 1702)