UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
18th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery
- Overview:
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Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in September 13, 1862. Left Rochester for New York City November 18. Attached to Banks' New Orleans Expedition November-December, 1862. Sherman's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to May, 1863. 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to August, 1863. Reserve Artillery, 19th Army Corps, Defences of New Orleans, La. to December, 1863. District of Baton Rouge, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1865. Siege Artillery, Canby's Forces, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.
- Service:
- Sailed for New Orleans, La., December 2, 1862, arriving there December 13, and duty there till February, 1863. Moved to Baton Rouge, La., February 3. Reconnoissance to Port Hudson, La., March 13-20. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland, near Centreville, April 12-13. Irish Bend
April 14. Vermillion Bayou
April 17. Opelousas April 20, Amite River May 3. Action at Plain's Store
21. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson
July 9. Bayou LaFourche July 13. Duty in the Defences of New Orleans and in the District of Baton Rouge till February, 1865. Action at Comite Bridge May 3, 1864. Clinton and Liberty Creek November 15. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12, 1865. Siege of Spanish Fort
and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely
April 9. March to Montgomery April 12-25. Duty in District of Alabama till July. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 23 Enlisted men by disease. Total 26.
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