Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery is a light artillery battery that served in the Union Army as part of the infantry division of the Pennsylvania Reserves during the American Civil War.
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Services
The battery was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and deployed for a three-year registration on 5 August 1861 under the command of Captain Edward H. Flood.
Battery attached to the Buell Division, the Potomac Army, October 1861 to March 1862. Artillery, Division 1, IV Corps, Potomac Army, until September 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, VI Corps, Potomac Army, until May 1863. Brigade Artillery, VI Corps, until June 1863. Camp Barry, Defense Washington, DC, until August 1863. Unrestricted Artillery, West Virginia Department, until December 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia Department, until January 1864 The Wheaton Brigade, West Virginia Department, until April 1864. The Artillery Brigade, West Virginia Department, until January 1865. First Separate Brigade, West Virginia Department, until May 1865. 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia Department, until June 1865.
Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery berkumpul pada 30 Juni 1865.
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Layanan detail
Moved to Washington, D.C., August 1861. Duty in defense of Washington, D.C., until March 1862. Ordered to Virginia Peninsula in March. Siege of Yorktown April 5 - May 4th. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, 31 May - 1 June. Seven Day Battle before Richmond June 25 - July 1st. James River Road near Fair Oaks June 29th. Charles City Cross Roads June 29th. Malvern Hill, July 1st. At Harrison's Landing until 16 August. Movement to join the Pope from 16 to 26 August. Sulfur Springs August 26th. Maryland Campaign September. Battle of Antietam, 16-17 September. Served in Maryland until 29 October. Moving to Falmouth, Va., 29th October to 19th November. Battle of Fredericksburg 12-15 December. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. In Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign 27 April - 6 May. Operation at Franklin's Crossing April 29 - May 2nd. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights 3-4 May. Ford Banks May 4th. Booked to Washington, D.C., June, and served in Camp Barry until August. Booked for Harpers Ferry, W. Va., And served there until August 1864. Sheridan Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Berryville September 3rd. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19th. Fisher's Hill September 22nd. Battle of Cedar Creek 19 October. Tasks at Maryland Heights and in the West Virginia Department until June 1865.
Victim
Battery lost a total of 30 people during service; 11 enlisted men were killed or seriously wounded, 1 officer and 18 enlisted men died of disease.
Commander
- Captain Edward H. Flood - promoted to lieutenant colonel regiment 19 July 1862
- Captain Michael Hall - resigned March 21, 1863
- Captain Andrew Rosney - resigned September 6, 1864
- Captain William Munk
See also
- List of Pennsylvania Civil War Units
- Pennsylvania in the Civil War
References
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Summary of the Revolt War (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
- This article contains text from the present text in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Bribery War Summary . Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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