5th United States Artillery / Battery L
Regimental History and Service Record
Battery organized October, 1862, and duty at Baltimore, Md., until May, 1863. Attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md.. 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to January, 1863. 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to February, 1863. 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to August, 1863. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to November, 1864. Horse Artillery, Cavalry Corps, Army Shenandoah, to December, 1864. Horse Artillery Reserve, Army Shenandoah, to April, 1865. Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Joined Milroy at Winchester May, 1863. Actions at Middletown, Newtown and Winchester June 12, 1863. Battle of Winchester June 13-15. At Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., July, 1863, to July, 1864. Stephenson's Depot, Carter's Farm, July 20. Newtown July 22. Battle of Winchester July 24.
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28.
Martinsburg, W. Va., August 31. Bunker Hill September 2-3. Darkesville September 10. Bunker Hill September 13.
Battle of Opequan, Winchester. September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville, Brown's Gap, September 26. Weyer's Cave September 26-27.
- October 25-26, 1864 -
Skirmishes near Milford, Virginia
Expedition to Gordonsville December 19-28. Liberty Mills December 22. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., 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 764, 952, 956, 1709)
