It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Brief History
BATTERY B
Units Attached To
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| June 20, 1861 | Organized at Philadelphia |
| August 05, 1861 | Ordered to Washington, DC |
| August 1861 to March 1862 | Attached to McCall's Pennsylvania Reserve Division, Army of the Potomac |
| March 1862 to April 1862 | Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April 1862 to June 1862 | Artillery, McCall's Division, Department of the Rappahannock |
| June 1862 to August 1862 | Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| August 1862 to September 1862 | Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
| September 1862 to February 1863 | Artillery, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| February 1863 to Mayl 1863 | Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| Mayl 1863 to March 1864 | Artillery Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 1864 to March 1865 | Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 1865 to June 1865 | Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
Engagements
| Date | Event |
| June 20, 1861 | Mustered in Philadelphia, PA |
| August 05 to 14, 1861 | Camp Berry, Washington, DC |
| August 14, 1861 to September 1861 | Camp at Tennallytown, MD |
| September 1861 to December 1861 | Great Falls, MD |
| December 25, 1861 | Temporarily transferred to Banks' Division |
| December 25 to January 09, 1862 | Duty at Seneca Falls and Edward's Ferry |
| January 09, 1862 | Rejoined McCall's Division |
| January 09, 1862 to March 1862 | Camp Pierpont near Langley, VA |
| March 10 to 15,1862 | Advance on Manassas, VA |
| April 09 to 19, 1862 | McDowell's advamce on Falmouth |
| Until June 1862 | Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg |
| June 13, 1862 | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula |
| June 30, 1862 | Joined Division at Mechanicsville |
| June 25 to July 01, 1862 | Seven days before Richmond, VA |
| June 26, 1862 | Beaver Dam Creek or Mechanicsville |
| June 27, 1862 | Gaines' Mill |
| June 30, 1862 | Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
| July 01, 1862 | Malvern Hill |
| Until August 15, 1862 | Duty at Harrison's Landing |
| August 15 to 26, 1862 | Movement to join Pope |
| August 28, 1862 | Battle of Gainesville |
| August 29, 1862 | Groveton |
| August 30, 1862 | Bull Run |
| September 01, 1862 | Chantilly (Reserve) |
| September 1862 | Maryland Campaign |
| September 14, 1862 | Battle of South Mountain |
| September 16 & 17, 1862 | Battle of Antietam, MD |
| October-November 1862 | Movement to Falmouth, VA |
| December 12 to 15, 1862 | Battle of Fredericksburg, VA |
| January 20 to 24, 1863 | "Mud March" |
| Untill April 1863 | At Belle Plains |
| April 27 to May 06, 1863 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29 to May 02, 1863 | Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek |
| April 29 & 30, 1863 | Fitzhugh's Crossing |
| May 02 to 05, 1863 | Chancellorsville |
| June 11 to July 24, 1863 | Gettysburgh Campaign |
| July 01 to 03, 1863 | Battle of Gettysburg, PA |
| Until September 10, 1863 | Duty on the Rappahannock |
| October 09 to 22, 1863 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 07 & 08, 1863 | Advance to the line of the Rappahannock |
| November 26 to December 02, 1863 | Mine Run Campaign |
| Until April 1864 | Near Kelly's Ford |
| May 04 to June 12, 1864 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 05 to 07, 1864 | Battles of the Wilderness |
| May 08, 1864 | Laurel Hill |
| May 08 to 21, 1864 | Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 23 to 26, 1864 | North Anna River |
| May 26 to 28, 1864 | Line of the Pamunkey |
| June 01 to 12, 1864 | Cold Harbor |
| June 16 to 18, 1864 | Before Petersburg |
| June 16, 1864 to April 02, 1865 | Siege of Petersburg |
| August 18 to 21, 1864 | Weldon Railroad |
| Until April, 1865 | In trenches before Petersburg |
| March 25, 1865 | Fort Stedman |
| April 02, 1865 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 03, 1865 | Ordered to City Point |
| May 1865 | Moved to Washington, DC |
| May 23, 1865 | Grand Review |
| June 09, 1865 | Mustered out |
Battery lost during service 2 officers and 19 enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 17 enlisted men by disease.
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Last Updated 05 November 1999
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
