Brief History
BATTERY C
Units Attached To
Date Unit
June 20, 1861
Organized at Philadelphia
August 05, 1861
Ordered to Washington, D.C.
October 1861 to March 1862
Attached to W. F. Smith's Division, Army of Potomac
March 1862 to September 1862 Artillery, 1st Division,
4th Army Corps, Army of Potomac
September 1862 to May 1863 Artillery,
3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac
May 1863 to June 1863
Artillery Brigade, 6th Corps
June 1863 to July 1863
Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Corps
July, 1863 to August 1863
1st Brigade, Lockwood's Division, Dept of the Susquehanna
August, 1863 to Oct 23, 1863 Maryland
Heights Division, Department of West Virginia
October 23, 1863
Consolidated with Battery "D", 1st Pennsylvania Artillery
Engagements
Date Event
August 1861 to March 1862
Camp Barry and in the Defenses of Washington
March 1862
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula
April 05 to May 04, 1862
Siege of Yorktown
May 05, 1862
Battle of Williamsburg
May 31 to June 01, 1862
Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines
June 25 to July 01, 1862
Seven days before Richmond
June 29, 1862
James River Road near Fair Oaks
June 29, 1862
Savage Station
June 30, 1862
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale
July 01, 1862
Malvern Hill
Until August 16, 1862
At Harrison's Landing
August 16 to 24, 1862
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria
September 1862
Maryland Campaign
September 16 to 17, 1862
Battle of Antietam, Md.
Until October 29, 1862
Duty in Maryland
October 29 to November 19, 1862 Movement to Falmouth, Va.
December 12 to 15, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg
January 20 to 24, 1863
"Mud March"
April 27 to May 06, 1863
Chancellorsville Campaign
April 29 to May 02, 1863
Operations at Franklin's Crossing
May 03, 1863
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg
May 03 & 04, 1863
Salem Heights
May 04, 1863
Banks' Ford
June 1863
Ordered to Washington, D.C.
Until July 1863
Duty at Washington, D.C.
July 09, 1863
Moved to Maryland Heights
Until October 23, 1863
Duty at Harper's Ferry. W. Va.
October 23, 1863.
Consolidated with Battery "D," 1st Pennsylvania Artillery
Second Battery "C", 1st Regiment Light Artillery
Units Attached To
Date Unit
December 1864
Organized
December 1864 to April 1865
Attached to 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia
April 1865 to June 1865
2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia
June 1865
Duty at Harper's Ferry, Martinsburg and in the Shenandoah Valley
June 30, 1865
Mustered out
Battery "C" lost during service 2 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 12 enlisted men by disease.
SOURCE
Last Updated 07 June 2002
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