UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
1st Regiment, West Virginia Light Artillery
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BATTERY "A" LIGHT ARTILLERY ("DAUM'S").
Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., and mustered in June 28,
1861. Attached to Army of Occupation, W. Va., to September,
1861. Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to January, 1862.
Landers' Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. Shields' 2nd
Division. Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to
May, 1862. Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June,
1862. Slough's Command, Defences of Washington, D. C., to
February, 1863. Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, 22nd Army
Corps, to July, 1863. Maryland Heights, 2nd Division, Dept. of
West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
Army of West Virginia, to April, 1864. Reserve Division,
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to October, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade,
Dept. of West Virginia, to July, 1865.
- Service:
- At Elkwater till October, 1861. Operations on Cheat
Mountain September 11-17. Action at Cheat Mountain September 11.
Cheat Mountain Pass September 12. Point Mountain Turnpike and
Elkwater September 12. Greenbrier River October 3-4. At
Romney till January, 1862. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6.
Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap, January 7. At Paw Paw Tunnel till
March. Advance on Winchester March 7-12. Battle of Kernstown, Winchester, March
22-23. Cedar Mountain March 25. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg
April 2. Occupation of Mt. Jackson April 17. March to
Fredericksburg May 12-22, and to Front Royal May 25-30. Front
Royal May 30. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till
July, 1863. Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., thence to
Charlestown. Expedition to near New Market November 15-18. Mt.
Jackson November 16. Wells' demonstration up the Shenandoah
Valley December 10-25. Duty at Harper's Ferry, Charlestown and
Martinsburg till May, 1864. At Maryland Heights till October 17.
Moved to Parkersburg October 17. Duty at Parkersburg,
Charlestown and in the Kanawha Valley till July, 1865. Mustered
out July 27, 1865.
BATTERY "B" LIGHT ARTILLERY ("KEEPER'S").
Organized at Ceredo October 1, 1861. Attached to Reynolds'
Cheat Mountain District, W. Va., to January, 1862. Landers'
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery,
Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the
Shenandoah to May, 1862. Shields' Division, Dept. of the
Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Military District of Washington, D.
C., to January, 1863. Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th
Army Corps Middle Department, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 4th Separate
Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Averill's 4th Separate
Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade,
4th Division, Army of West Virginia, to April, 1864. Artillery,
1st Cavalry, Division of West Virginia, to February,
1865.
- Service:
- At Romney till January, 1862, and at Paw Paw Tunnel
till March. Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-12. Battle of
Kernstown-Winchester,
March 22-23. Occupation of Mount Jackson and New Market April
17. March to Fredericksburg May 12-22, and to Front Royal May
25-30. Front Royal May 30. Ordered to Camp Barry, Washington,
D. C., and duty in the Defences of that city and in Railroad
District, 8th Corps, Middle Department, till January, 1863.
Action at Faquier, White
Sulphur Springs, Va., August 27, 1862. Duty at Winchester, Va.,
January to May, 1863. Ordered to Grafton, W. Va., May 10. Moved
to Beverly, Buckhannon, Clarksburg, Parkersburg and Weston,
arriving at Grafton June 17. Moved to New Creek and Phillippi
July 1 and to Cumberland, Md., July 7; to Fairview July 12.
Averill's Raid through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath,
Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties August 5-31. Jackson River
August 25. Rocky Gap, near White Sulphur Springs, August 26-27.
Averill's Raid from Beverly against Lewisburg and the Virginia &
Tennessee Railroad November 1-17. Mill Point, Pocahontas County,
November 5. Engagement at Droop Mountain November 6. At
Beverly and Martinsburg till May, 1864. Hunter's Raid to
Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5.
Buffalo Gap June 6. Occupation of Staunton June 6. Diamond Hill
June 17. Lynchburg June
17-18. Catawba Mountains June 21. Leetown July 3. About
Harper's Ferry July 4-7. Near Hillsborough July 15-16.
Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Ashby's Gap and Berry's Ford July
19. Ashby's Gap July 23. Battle of Kernstown, Winchester, July
24. Bunker Hill and Martinsburg July 25. Duty in District of
Harper's Ferry till December. Consolidated with Battery "E,"
West Virginia Light Artillery, December 31, 1864.
BATTERY "C" LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., January 25 to March 30, 1862.
Served unattached, Railroad District, Dept. of the Mountains,
to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the
Mountains, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery, 1st Corps, Pope's
Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division,
11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863. Reserve
Artillery, 11th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade,
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863. 4th
Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to
October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to November,
1863. 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of tbe
Potomac, to March, 1864. Camp Barry, Washington, D. C., 22nd
Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, De Russy's Division, 22nd Army
Corps, to July, 1864. 4th Brigade, De Russy's Division, 22nd
Army Corps, to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, De Russy's Division,
22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, De Russy's
Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
- Service:
- Duty at Franklin, Va., till May 25, 1862. Pursuit of
Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley May 25-June 14. Mount Carmel
Road, near Strasburg, June 1. Strasburg June 2. Tom's Brook
June 3. Mount Jackson June 6. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Port Republic June 9. At
Sperryville till August. Pope s Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 8-September 2. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9
(Reserve). Rappahannock
Station August 20-21. Freeman's Ford August 22. Sulphur
Springs August 24. Waterloo Bridge August 24-25. Plains of
Manassas August 27. Gainesville August 28.
Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defences of
Washington, D. C., till December. Reconnoissance to Leesburg and
skirmish September 16-19. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December
10-16. Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station December 27-29. At
Falmouth, Va., till April, 1863. Mud March January 20-24.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June
12-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. Ordered to Washington, D. C., and duty in the
Defences of that city south of the Potomac till June, 1865.
Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12, 1864.
Mustered out June 28, 1865.
BATTERY "D" LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized at Wheeling, W. Va., August 20, 1862. Attached to
Railroad District, District of West Virginia, Dept. of Ohio, to
January, 1863. Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army
Corps, Middle Department, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 3th Army Corps, June, 1863. Mulligan's Brigade, Dept.
of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
West Virginia, to March, 1864. 2nd Infantry Division, West
Virginia, to May, 1864. Artillery Brigade, West Virginia, to
August, 1864. Wheeling, W. Va., to September, 1864.
Parkersburg, W. Va., to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
West Virginia, to June, 1865.
- Service:
- Duty at Parkersburg, W. Va., till January, 1863.
Moved to Winchester, Va., and duty there till June. Scouts to
Strasburg April 20 and April 25-29. Operations in Shenandoah
Valley April 22-29. Scout to Moorefield and into Hampshire
County May 4-9. Battle of Winchester June 13-15. At
Bloody Run, Pa., till July. At Wheeling, W. Va., till August 31.
At New Creek till April, 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy
Counties against Rosser January 27-February 7, 1864. Ordered to
Burlington April 3, thence to Martinsburg. Sigel's Expedition
from Martinsburg to New Market April 30-May 16. Battle of New
Market May 15. Advance to Staunton May 24-June 6. Piedmont June 5. Occupation
of Staunton June 6. Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg June 6-July 1.
Near Lynchburg June 14. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June
17-18. Liberty June 19. Buford's Gap June 20. Salem June 21.
At Wheeling, W. Va., August 8 to September 13 and at Parkersburg,
W. Va., to June, 1865. Mustered out June 27, 1865.
BATTERY "E" LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized at Buckhannon, W. Va., September 18, 1862. Attached
to Railroad District, District of West Virginia, Dept. of Ohio,
to January, 1863. Romney, W. Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle
Department, to March, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army
Corps, to June, 1863. Campbell's Brigade, Dept. of West
Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of
West Virginia, to April. 1864. Kelly's Command, Reserve
Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, West
Virginia, July, 1864. Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, West
Virginia, to October, 1864. District of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.,
to January, 1865. Camp Barry and Defences of Washington, D. C.,
to June, 1865.
- Service:
- Ordered to Clarksburg, W. Va., thence to New Creek and
Romney. Railroad guard duty at Romney, Clarksburg, New Creek,
Moorefield and Petersburg till January, 1864. Action near
Moorefield April 6, 1863. Near Burlington and at Purgitsville
and Going's Ford April 6-7. Moved to Cumberland, Md., January
4-5, 1864, and duty in South Branch Valley till July. Action at
Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Stephenson's Depot July 20. Near
Berryville July 22. Battle of Kernstown-Winchester July
23-24. Bunker Hill July 25. At Harper's Ferry and with Reserve
Division till January, 1865. Action at New Cieek November 28,
1864. Ordered to Washington, D. C., January, 1865, and duty at
Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, till June. Mustered out June
28, 1865.
BATTERY "F" LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized as Company C, 6th West Virginia Infantry. Detached
as an Independent Battery April 8, 1863. Attached to 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to June,
1863. Artillery, French's Command, 5th Army Corps, to July,
1863. Camp Barry, Washington, D. C., 22nd Army Corps, to
December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to
April, 1864. Kelly's Command, Reserve Division, West Virginia,
to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, West Virginia, to September,
1864.
- Service:
- Duty at Clarksburg, Cumberland, Md., and Martinsburg,
W. Va., till April, 1863. Moved from Martinsburg to New Creek
April 26, 1863, and to Berryville May 31. Return to Martinsburg
May 31. Action at Martinsburg June 14. Retreat to Harper's
Ferry, thence guard stores to Washington, D. C., July 1-4. Duty
at Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, July to December. Ordered
to Clarksburg, W. Va., thence to New Creek January 30, 1864, and
duty there till May 31. At Clarksburg till July, and at Maryland
Heights till September. Battle of Kernstown July 24.
Transferred to Battery "A," West Virginia Light Artillery,
September 14, 1864.
BATTERY "G" LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized May 26, 1863, from Company "G," 2nd West Virginia
Infantry. Duty at Beverly, Buckhannon, Bulltown, Clarksburg,
Parkersburg, Weston and Martinsburg till May, 1864. Operations
against Imboden in West Virginia April 20-May 14, 1863. Scout to
Beverly June 16. Engagement at Beverly July 2-3. Huttonsville
July 4. Hedgesville and Martinsburg July 18-19. Averill's Raid
through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Bath, Greenbrier and
Pocahontas Counties, W. Va., August 5-31. Jackson River August
25. Rocky Gap, near White Sulphur Springs, August 26-27.
Averill's Raid against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee
Railroad November 1-17. Droop Mountain November 6.
Averill's Salem Raid December 8-25. Salem December 16. Scott's
or Barber's Creek and Jackson River, near Covington, December 19.
Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties against Rosser January
27-February 7, 1864. Springfield February 2. Sigel's Expedition
from Martinsburg to New Market April 30-May 16. New Market May
15. Advance to Staunton May 17-June 6. Piedmont June 5. Occupation
of Staunton June 6. Ordered to Wheeling, W. Va., via Cheat
Mountain, Beverely and Weston. Mustered out June 22,
1864.
BATTERY "H" LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized at Maryland Heights, Md., January 4, 1864.
Attached to 1st Division, Army of West Virginia, to April, 1864.
Kelly's Command, Reserve Division, West Virginia, to July,
1865.
- Service:
- Garrison and guard duty at Harper's Ferry, New Creek,
Cumberiand, Md., Moorefield, W. Va., and at various points on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad west of Sleepy Hollow till July, 1865.
Action at New Creek August 4, 1864. Affair at Moorefield
November 27-28, 1864. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
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