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Rhode Island 1st Light Artillery (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:6 June 1861
  • Muster Out Date:3 July 1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Abner Doubleday
    • Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone
    • Brigadier General David B. Birney
    • Brigadier General George W. Morell
    • Brigadier General John Gibbon
    • Brigadier General John Sedgwick
    • Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
    • Captain Charles Griffin
    • Captain George E. Randolph
    • Captain J. Albert Monroe
    • Captain John A. Tompkins
    • Captain John Edwards Jr.
    • Captain John G. Hazard
    • Captain Richard Waterman
    • Captain Thomas F. Vaughn
    • Captain William A. Arnold
    • Captain William W. Buckley
    • Colonel Charles H. Tompkins
    • Lieutenant Jacob H. Lamb
    • Major George B. Cook
    • Major General Philip Kearny
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21 June 186424 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Glendale30 June 186230 June 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Totopotomoy Creek28 May 186430 May 18642 day(s)Hanover County, Virginia
Hanover Court House27 May 186227 May 1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
High Bridge6 Apr 18657 Apr 18651 day(s)Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia
Chaffin's Farm20 Sept 186430 Sept 186410 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1 July 18621 July 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 July 18633 July 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Siege of Yorktown (1862)5 Apr 18624 May 186229 day(s)York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Sailor's Creek6 Apr 18656 Apr 1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15 June 186418 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Mechanicsville26 June 186226 June 1862< 1 dayHanover Couunty, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Ball's Bluff21 Oct 186121 Oct 1861< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Roanoke Island7 Feb 18628 Feb 18621 day(s)Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Croatan Island, North Carolina
Seven Pines31 May 18621 June 18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Fisher's Hill21 Sept 186422 Sept 18641 day(s)Shenandoah County, Virginia
Chantilly1 Sept 18621 Sept 1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 June 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
First Bull Run21 July 186121 July 1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
Fort Stevens11 July 186412 July 18641 day(s)District of Columbia, DC
Third Winchester19 Sept 186419 Sept 1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
Drewry's Bluff15 May 186215 May 1862< 1 dayChesterfield County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9 Apr 18659 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Mine Run27 Nov 18632 Dec 18635 day(s)Orange County, Virginia
Wilderness5 May 18647 May 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Savage's Station29 June 186229 June 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Second Deep Bottom14 Aug 186420 Aug 18646 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Fort Macon23 Mar 186226 Apr 186234 day(s)Carteret County, North Carolina
Second Bull Run28 Aug 186230 Aug 18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
First Deep Bottom27 July 186429 July 18642 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
New Bern14 Mar 186214 Mar 1862< 1 dayCraven County, North Carolina
Third Petersburg2 Apr 18652 Apr 1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Williamsburg5 May 18625 May 1862< 1 dayYork County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Gaines' Mill27 June 186227 June 1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
South Mountain14 Sept 186214 Sept 1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Second Fredericksburg3 May 18633 May 1863< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Second Ream's Station25 Aug 186425 Aug 1864< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Cedar Creek19 Oct 186419 Oct 1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Shallow Creek, Virginia31 May 186431 May 1864< 1 dayShallow Creek, Virginia
Cedar Creek, Virginia15 Aug 186415 Aug 1864< 1 dayCedar Creek, Virginia

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