UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
32nd Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery
- Overview:
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Organized from Battery "D" 1st Independent Battalion New York Light Artillery March 16, 1863. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 2nd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. Barry's Command, Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to December, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1864. 3nd Infantry Division, West Virglnla, to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1865.
- Service:
- Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6, 1863. Moved to Washington, D. C., June, and duty in the Defences of that city till July, and at Maryland Heights and Harper's Ferry, W. Va., till July, 1865. Mustered out July 14, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 by disease. Total 5.
Predecessor unit:
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
BRICKEL'S 1st BATTALION GERMAN LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized at New York City and mustered in Company "A" August 26, Company "B" August 12, Company "C" September 11 and Company "D" September 20, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 12, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, to December, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863.
- Service:
- Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March -. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Near New Bridge June 20. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines Mill June 27. Garnett's Farm June 28. Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Alexandria August 16-28. Maryland Campaign September-October. Battle of Antietam
September 16-17. Movement to Falmouth October-November. Battle of Fredericksburg
December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Battalion organization discontinued March 5, 1863, and Company "A" designated 29th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery. Company "B" designated 30th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery. Company "C" designated 31st New York Independent Battery Light Artillery, and Company "D" designated 32nd New York Independent Battery Light Artillery (which see).
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
15th INDEPENDENT BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized October, 1862, from Battery "B," 2nd Battalion, New York Light Artillery. Attached to 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, October, 1862, to January, 1863. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to August, 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 16, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 22nd Army Corps, December, 1864. Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to February, 1865.
- Service:
- Duty at Relay House, Md., October, 1862, to January, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville
May 1-5. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. On line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run
Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May 3-June 15, 1864. Battle of the Wilderness
May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. North Anna
River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to December, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., December, 1864, and in the Dept. of West Virginia till February, 1865. Transferred to 32nd New York Independent Battery Light Artillery February 4, 1865.
Battery lost during service 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Enlisted men by disease. Total 11.
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
2nd BATTALION LIGHT ARTILLERY.-("IRISH BRIGADE BATTERIES.")
Four Companies organized at New York City and mustered in December 9, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., December 16, 1861. Companies consolidated December 21, 1861. "B" and "D" forming new Battery "A," and "A" and "C" forming new Battery "B." Duty in Defences of Washington to March, 1862. Battery "A" attached to Richardson's 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, March to May, 1862; then Sections detached as follows: 1st Section attached to Battery "C" 4th United States Artillery; 2nd Section to Battery "B" 1st New York Light Artillery, serving with 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, and 3rd Section to Battery "G" 1st New York Light Artillery, serving with 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to October, 1862.
- Service:
- Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4, 1862. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Gaines' Mill June 27. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-30. Bull Run August 30. Centreville September 1. Germantown Road September 2. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., till October. Near Charlestown October 16-17. Designated 14th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery October, 1862 (which see).
Battery "B" attached to Williams' Division, Banks' 5th Corps, to April, 1862. Doubleday's Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. At Relay House, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to October, 1862. Designated 15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery October, 1862 (which see).
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