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Battery “B” 2nd United States Artillery

At Fortress Monroe, Va., January, 1861.

Attached to Dept. of Virginia April, 1861, to September, 1861.

Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862.

Consolidated with Battery “L” 2nd Artillery, May, 1862, and attached to 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862.

Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1862.

Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.

1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac and Shenandoah, to December, 1864.

Reserve Artillery, Middle Military Division, to April, 1865.

Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Corps, to August, 1865.

Service.

Action at Big Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861.

Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, Hatteras Inlet, N. C., August 28-29.

Moved to Washington, D. C., September, and duty there till March, 1862.

Moved to the Virginia Peninsula.

Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.

Near Williamsburg May 4.

Slatersville, New Kent Court House, May 9.

Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.

Turkey Bridge June 30.

Malvern Hill July 1.

At Harrison's Landing till August 16.

Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24.

Maryland Campaign September 6-22.

Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11.

Frederick, Md., September 12.

Catoctin Mountain September 13.

Battle of Antietam September 16-17.

Shepherdstown Ford September 19.

Markham Station November 4.

Warrenton November 6.

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 8.

Stoneman's Raid April 29-May 8.

Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford June 9.

Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.

Brandy Station August 1-4.

Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17.

Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.

Raccoon Ford October 10.

Morton's Ford, Stevensburg, and Kelly's Ford October 11.

Brandy Station or Fleetwood October 11-12.

Oak Hill October 15.

Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-9.

Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.

New Hope Church November 27.

Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.

Wilderness May 5-7.

Brock Road and the Furnaces May 6.

Todd's Tavern May 7-8.

Sheridan's Raid to the James River May 9-24.

Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11.

Brook Church or Richmond fortifications May 12.

On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.

Hanovertown May 27.

Crump's Creek and Haw's Shop May 28.

Totopotomoy May 28-31.

Cold Harbor June 1-7.

Siege of Petersburg June 16-August 5.

Deep Bottom July 27-29.

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28.

Toll Gate, near White Post, and near Newtown August 11.

Cedarville, Guard Hill or Front Royal August 16.

Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.

Near Cedarville September 20.

Front Royal September 21.

Milford September 22.

Waynesboro September 29.

[1698] Tom's Brook October 8-9.

Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.

Expedition to Lacey Springs December 19-22.

Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till April, 1865, and at Washington, D. C., till August, 1865.

1908.

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