Tag: 3rd New York Light Artillery (Battery B)

National Park Service says: 3rd Regiment, New York Light Artillery

OVERVIEW:

Organized at Washington, D. C., from 19th Regiment Infantry December 11, 1861.

BATTERY “B” 3rd REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY.

First organized from Company “B” 19th Regiment Infantry, and consolidated with Batteries “C” and “D.” A new Battery “B” organized at New York City and mustered in December 19, 1861. Joined Regiment at Washington, D. C. Attached to Defences of Washington, D. C., to March, 1862. Unattached, Dept. of North Carolina, to December, 1862. Artillery Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, and Dept. of the South to April, 1863. Guss’ Brigade, Seabrook Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to June, 1863. St. Helena Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Morris Island, S. C., to April, 1864. Morris Island, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, to November, 1864. Artillery, Coast Division, Dept. of the South, to January, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Dept. of the South, to March, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, S. C., to July, 1865. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Sailed for Newberne March 27, arriving there April 3.

SERVICE:

Duty at New Borne, N. C., till January, 1863, Reconnoissance toward Trenton, N, C., May 15-16, 1862. Trenton Bridge May 15. Expedition to Trenton and Pollocksville July 25-29. Expedition to Tarboro November 2-12. Action at Rawle’s Mills November 2. Foster’s Expedition to Goldsboro December 11-20. Southwest Creek December 13-14. Kinston December 14. Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Moved to Port Royal, S. C., January 30-February 2, 1863. At St. Helena Island till April. Expedition against Charleston, S. C., April 3-11. At Seabrook Island, S. C., till June. Edisto Island June 19. At St. Helena Island, S. C., till July. Attack on Morris Island July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S. C., July 11 and 18. Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S. C., and operations against Fort Sumpter and Charleston July 18-September 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumpter and Charleston August 17-23. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Operations against Charleston from Morris and Folly Islands and duty at Hilton Head, S. C., till November, 1864. Expedition to Johns and James Islands July 2-10, 1864. Operations against Battery Pringle July 4-9. Johns Island July 7. James Island July 10. Hatch’s Expedition up Broad River November 28-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30. Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Deveaux’s Neek December 6. Tillifinny Station December 9. Occupation of Deveaux’s Neck till January 19, 1865. Moved to Morris Island January 19. Cole’s Island February 7. Ashepoo February 8. Occupation of Charleston February 18. Duty in Dept. of the South till July. Ordered to New York and mustered out July 13, 1865.