1st New Hampshire Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 1st New Hampshire Artillery was organized in

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and mustered in on September 21, 1861, for three years service under Captain George A. Gerrish. The battery was attached to McDowell's Division,

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, to March 1862. 3rd Division,

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, Army of the Potomac, to April 1862. Artillery, King's Division, Department of the Rappahannock, to June 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, III Corps,

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, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863. Artillery Brigade, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1864. Artillery Brigade, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865. The 1st New Hampshire Artillery mustered out of service June 9, 1865.

Detailed service

Left New Hampshire for

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, November 1, 1861. Duty at Munson's Hill, defenses of Washington, D.C., until March 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10–15. Camp at

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until April 9. Advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9–18. Occupation of Fredericksburg April 18 and duty there until May 25. McDowell's advance on Richmond May 25–29. Operations against

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June 1–21. Duty at Falmouth until July 28, and at Fredericksburg until August 5. Expedition to Fredericks Hall and

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August 5–8. Thornburg Mills August 5–6. Pope's Campaign in

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August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21–23. Rappahannock Station August 22. Sulphur Springs August 26.

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May 1–5.

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, July 2–4. Funkstown, Md., July 12–18. Bristoe Campaign October 9–22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7–8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station November 8.

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November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. At Brandy Station until April 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6–7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5–7; Spotsylvania May 8–12; Po River May 10;

May 12–21. Assault on the Salient, " Bloody Angle," May 12.

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May 23–26. Totopotomoy May 28–31.

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June 1–12. Before Petersburg June 16–19.

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June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22–23. Deep Bottom July 27–28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (reserve). Demonstration north of the James August 13–20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14–18. Duty in the trenches before Petersburg August 20–30. At Fort Hill until September 7. At Battery 18 until October 22. Non-veterans mustered out September 28, 1864. Battery attached to 1st New Hampshire Heavy Artillery as Company M November 5, 1864, but remained detached as a light battery in the field. Duty in the trenches before Petersburg until March 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. White Oak Road March 30–31. Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sayler's Creek April 6.

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and High Bridge April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May 1–12.

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May 23.

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 12 men during service; 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 6 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

* Captain George A. Gerrish 1st Commander Co A * Captain Frederick M. Edgell 2nd Commander Co A till enlistment ran out * Captain George K. Dakin Final Commander Co M Reinlistment

References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * ''History of the First N.H. Battery, During the War of the Rebellion: Together With the By-Laws of Platoon A, First N.H. Light Artillery, S.M.'' (Manchester, NH: T. H. Tuson, Printer), 1878. * Marvel, William. ''The First New Hampshire Battery, 1861-1865'' (South Conway, NH: Lost Cemetery Press), 1985. * ''Names and Records of All the Members Who Served in the First N.H. Battery of Light Artillery During the Late Rebellion from September 26, 1861, to June 15, 1865, When the Battery was Mustered Out of the Service of the United States'' (Manchester, NH: Budget Job Print), 1891. Attribution * {{CWR

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