Pennsylvania (Independent) Light Artillery / Battery E

Regimental History and Service Record

(Knap's)

Organized at Point of Rocks, Md., from a Company formed for 63rd Pennsylvania and surplus men of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry September, 1861. Attached to W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1861. Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Geary's Separate Brigade, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862. Geary's Separate Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. Geary's Separate Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 12th Army Corps, to December, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 20th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Camp at East Capital Hill, Defenses of Washington, until November 24, 1861. Moved to Point of Rocks November 24. Duty there and near Harper's Ferry until February 28, 1862. Action at Point of Rocks December 19. Occupation of Loudon Heights February 28. Operations on line of Manassas Gap Railroad March 1-April 14. Capture of Lovettsville March 1. March to Wheetland and Leesburg March 7-8. Capture of Leesburg March 8. Advance to Snickersville March 12. Upperville March 14. Ashby's Gap March 15. Middleburg March 27. Operations about Middleburg and White Plains March 27-28. Salem April 1. Thoroughfare Gap April 2. Piedmont April 14. Guarding Railroad at Salem until May 23. Front Royal May 23. Retreat to Manassas May 24-25.

• May 25, 1862 - Battle of Winchester, Virginia

Guard Railroad and operations in the Valley until August. Reconnaissance to Orange and Culpeper Court House July 12-17. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Rappahannock Bridge August 21. Sulphur Springs August 23-25.

• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• Moved to Harper's Ferry September 19-23.
• Duty at Sandy Hook until December.
• Reconnaissance to Rippon November 9.
• Reconnaissance to Winchester December 2-6.
• December 1, 1862 - Skirmish at Berryville, Virginia
• December 2, 1862 - Skirmish at Berryville, Virginia
• Winchester December 4.
• March to Fairfax Station December 9-17, and duty there until January 20, 1863.
• "Mud March" January 20-24.
• At Aquia Creek until April 27.
• 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.
• Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Lookout Mountain November 23-24;
  • Mission Ridge November 25;
  • Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
• Reenlisted January, 1864, and on furlough January and February.
• April 12-16, 1864 - Reconnaissance from Bridgeport, Alabama to Triana, Alabama (section)
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • Dug Gap or Mill Springs May 8.
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • New Hope Church May 25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Mountain June 11-14.
  • Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Kolb's Farm June 22.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
  • September 2-November 15 - Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
  • November 9, 1864 - Skirmish near Atlanta, Georgia
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
  • Neuse River April 10.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's' House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond. Va., April 29-May 20.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Mustered out at Pittsburg June 14, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Battery lost during service 2 Officers and 12 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 11 Enlisted men by disease. Total 25.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 665, 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 719, 721, 723, 761, 827, 835, 866, 905, 911, 916, 1576)