UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
8th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery
- Overview:
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Organized at Newburg, N. Y., as a part of the 10th Legion, 56th Regiment Infantry, and mustered in October 30, 1861. Designated 8th Battery December 7, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., December 7, 1861. Attached to Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, 4th Army Corps, Yorktown, Va., to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, King's Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Artillery Reserve, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1865. (1 Section with Cavalry Division, Army of the James, May to June, 1864.)
- Service:
- Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-24. Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Moved to Yorktown, Va., and duty there and at Gloucester Point till January, 1864. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7, 1863. Expedition to Gloucester Court House July 25. Expedition to Matthews County October 4-9. Garrison duty at Portsmouth, Va., till June, 1865. (1 Section with Kautz's Cavalry Division May-June, 1864, participating in Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 8-28. Kautz's Raid from Suffolk against Petersburg & Weldon Railroad May 5-11. Wall's Bridge May 5. Stony Creek Station May 7. Nottaway Railroad Bridge May 8. Jarrett's Station and Nottaway River May 8-9. Kautz's Raid on Richmond & Danville Railroad May 12-17. Flat Creek Bridge near Chula Depot May 14. Bolcher's Mills May 16. Bermuda Hundred May 17-30. Petersburg June 9.) Expedition from Suffolk into North Carolina July 27-August 4. Expedition from Bernard's Mills to Murfree's, N. C., October 15-17 (Section). Blackwater October 16 (Section). Expedition from Suffolk to Murfree's Depot, N. C., March 10-11, 1865 (Detachment). South Quay March 10 (Detachment). Mustered out at Norfolk, Va., June 30, 1865.
Battery lost during service 36 Enlisted men by disease.
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