5th United States Artillery / Battery K

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized September, 1861. Attached to Provost Guard, Army Potomac, October, 1861, to March, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to October, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, October, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to March, 1864. 1st Division. Artillery Reserve, Dept. Cumberland, to August, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 20th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., 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 26, 1862 - Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
    • June 27, 1862 - Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
    • June 30, 1862 - Engagement at Turkey Bridge, Virginia
    • July 1, 1862 - Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia

At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Centreville, Va., August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.

• 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
• Shepherdstown September 20.
• 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.
• Operations on line of Memphis & Charleston Railroad October-November.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
• At Chattanooga, Tenn., until August, 1864.
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
  • September 2-October ? - Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
• Garrison duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until August, 1865.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 704, 715, 719, 758, 761, 828, 866, 897, 902, 903, 904, 905, 916, 1708-1709)