It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Brief History
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 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 April 1863 | Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April 1863 to July 1863 | Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia |
| July 1863 to January 1864 | U. S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| January 1864 to April 1864 | Artillery, Heckman's Division, 18th Army Corps, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| April 1864 to May 1864 | Defenses of Portsmouth, VA, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| May 1864 to July 1864 | District Eastern Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| July 1864 to October 1864 | Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps |
| October 1864 to December 1864 | Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps |
| December 1864 to July 1865 | Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, Department of Virginia |
Engagements
| Date | Event |
| June 20, 1861 | Mustered in Philadelphia, PA |
| August 1861 to October 1861 | Camp at Tennallytown, MD |
| October 1861 to March 1862 | Camp Pierpont near Langley, VA |
| December 06, 1861 | Expedition to Grinnell's Farm |
| December 20, 1861 | Action at Dranesville, 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 1862 | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula |
| 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 1862 | Maryland Campaign |
| September 14, 1862 | 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" |
| February 09, 1863 | Ordered to Newport News |
| March 1863 | Thence to Suffolk |
| April 12 to May 04, 1863 | Siege of Suffolk |
| June 26 to July 08, 1863 | John Adams Dix's Peninsula Campaign |
| July 01 to July 07, 1863 | Expedition from White House to South Anna River |
| Until July, 1864 | Duty at Portsmouth, VA |
| July 1864 to April 1865 | Siege operations against Petersburgh and Richmond |
| September 28 to 30, 1864 | Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights |
| October 27, 1864 | Fair Oaks |
| Until April 1865 | Before Richmond |
| April 03, 1865 | Occupation of Richmond |
| Till July 1865 | Duty dismantling forts and removing ordinance |
| July 25, 1865 | Mustered out |
Lost during service 1 officer and 16 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 21 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
