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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.

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