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Battery ā€œLā€ 1st United States Artillery

Duty at Fort Duncan, Eagle Pass, Texas, January, 1861.

Moved to Fort Jefferson, Florida, February 20, 1861, and to Fort Pickens, Florida May 24, 1861.

Attached to District Fort Pickens and Pensacola, Florida, Dept. South, to September, 1862.

Defenses New Orleans, La., Dept. Gulf, to December, 1862.

Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863.

Artillery, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to August, 1863.

Artillery Reserve, 19th Army Corps, to January, 1864.

Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to August, 1864.

Defenses Washington, 22nd Army Corps, August, 1864.

Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864.

Horse Artillery (Reserve), Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865.

Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah.


Service.

Duty at Fort Pickens, Florida, till May, 1862.

Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, November 22-23, 1861, and January 1, 1862.

Reconnoissance on Santa Rosa Island January 27-31, 1861.

Capture of Forts McRae and Barrancas May 9.

Moved to Pensacola May 13, and duty there till August.

Moved to New Orleans, La., August 30-September 3, and duty there till December.

Moved to Baton Rouge, La., and duty there till March, 1863.

Expedition to Port Hudson March 7-27.

Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14.

Teche Campaign April 11-20.

Fort Bisland April 12-13.

Porter's and McWilliams' Plantation at Indian Bend April 14.

Irish Bend April 14.

Bayou Vermillion April 17.

Expedition to Breux Bridge and Opelousas April 17-21.

Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-16.

Moved to Port Hudson May 18-23.

Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9.

Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14.

Surrender of Port Hudson July 9.

Moved to Baton Rouge July 13-August 2.

Sabine Pass Expedition September 4-12.

Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 17.

At New Iberia till December.

Moved to New Orleans, La., and duty there till March, 1864.

Red River Campaign March 10-May 22.

Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26.

Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8.

Pleasant Hill April 9.

Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23.

At Alexandria during construction of dam April 30-May 10.

Retreat to Morganza May 13-20.

Marksville May 15.

Avoyelle's Prairie, Mansura, May 16.

At Morganza till June.

Moved to New York, thence to Washington, D. C., July 27-August 5.

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November.

Near Kearneysville August 25.

Leetown and Smithfield August 28.

Smithfield Crossing, Opequan, August 29.

Sevier's Ford, Opequan, September 15.

Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.

Fisher's Hill September 21.

Milford September 22.

Mount Jackson September 23-24.

Port Republic September 26-27.

Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.

Duty in the Shenandoah Valley and in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till August, 1865.

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