CAMPAIGNS AND ENGAGEMENTS LIST
43rd PENNSYLVANIA
Organized as part of the Reserve Corps, the 43rd Pennsylvania, aka 1st
Pennsylvania Light Artillery, comprised eight original batteries mustered
into service in June, 1861. A ninth battery, Battery "I" was formed in
March, 1865 from the surplus recruits of the other batteries. The eight
original batteries never acted as a unified force, being parcelled out
to battalions and brigades in different divisions and corps.
As a result, the individual batteries saw much varied action in the
Eastern Theater with both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James.
A composite of the campaigns and engagements that the nine batteries participated
in are listed below with the dates of their occurance.
First Bull Run
March 10 to 15, 1862
Peninsular Campaign
April 05 to August 15, 1862
Siege of Yorktown
April 05 to May 04, 1862
Williamsburg
May 05, 1862
Fair Oaks & Seven Pines
May 31 to June 01, 1862
Seven Days Before Richmond June 25 to July 01,
1862
Oak Grove
June 25, 1862
Beaver Dam Creek
June 26, 1862
Gaines Mill
June 27, 1862
Savage's Station
June 29, 1862
Glendale
June30, 1862
Malvern Hill
July 01, 1862
Harrison's Landing
Till August 15, 1862
Second Bull Run
August 15 to 26, 1862
Maryland Campaign
September, 1862
South Mountain
September 14, 1862
Antietam
September 16 & 17, 1862
Fredericksburg I
December 12 to 15, 1862
Mud March
January 20 to 24, 1863
Chancellorsville Campaign
April 27 to May 06, 1863
Pollock's Mill
April 29 to May 02, 1863
Fredericksburg II
May 03, 1863
Chancellorsville Battle
May 02 to 05, 1863
Salem Church
May 03 to 04, 1863
Gettysburg Campaign
June 11 to July 24, 1863
Gettysburg Battle
July 01 to 03, 1863
Bristoe Campaign
October 09 to November 07, 1863
Bristoe Station
October 14,1863
Mine Run Campaign
November 27 to December 02, 1863
Grant takes Command
March 09, 1864
Overland Campaign
May 04 to June 12, 1864
Wilderness
May 05 to 07, 1864
Spotsylvania Court House
May 08 to 21, 1864
North Anna
May 23 to 26, 1864
Line of the Pamunkey
May 28 to 30, 1864
Cold Harbor
May 31 to 12, 1864
Siege of Petersburg
June 16, 1864 to April 02, 1865
Fall of Petersburg
April 02, 1865
Grand Review
May 23 & 24, 1865
Last Updated 10 May 2002
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