4th United States Artillery / Battery G

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Joined McClellan in West Virginia July, 1861. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to September, 1861. Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia, to December, 1861. Defenses of Washington, D. C., to March, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery Reserve, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to November, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864.

SERVICE.--

• July 6-17, 1861 - The West Virginia Campaign

Moved to Cheat Mountain and duty there until December, 1861. Action at Greenbrier River October 3-4. Blue's Gap January 7, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., and duty there until March, 1862.

• Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula.
• March 17-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
  • April 5-May 4, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
  • June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
    • June 28-June 29, 1862 - Skirmishes at Bottom's Bridge, Virginia
    • July 1, 1862 - Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia

At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-23.

• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
  • September 19, 1862 - Actions at Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown/Blackford's/Boteler's Fords, Maryland
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • November 23-25, 1863 - Battles of Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Bushy Knob November 23;
  • Orchard Knob November 23-24;
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
• Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February, 1864, and post duty thru until October.
• October, 1864 - Transferred to 4th United States Artillery / Battery I
• Remounted as a Battery at Washington, D.C., February, 1865, and duty in the Defenses of that city until August.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 758, 761, 828, 866, 897, 902, 903, 905, 916, 970, 1705)