Battery "K"
5th Regiment of Artillery
The 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment of the United States Army, first formed in 1861 in the Regular Army as the 5th Regiment of Artillery.
Lineage
On 4 May 1861, in conformity with the proclamation of the Pr ...
was a light artillery battery that served in the
Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...
during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
.
Service
The battery was attached to Provost Guard,
Army of the Potomac
The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was created in July 1861 shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run and was disbanded in June 1865 following the surrender of the Confedera ...
, October 1861 to March 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve,
V Corps 5th Corps, Fifth Corps, or V Corps may refer to:
France
* 5th Army Corps (France)
* V Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* V Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army ...
, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, V Corps, to October 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. Artillery Brigade,
XII Corps 12th Corps, Twelfth Corps, or XII Corps may refer to:
* 12th Army Corps (France)
* XII Corps (Grande Armée), a corps of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army
* XII (Ro ...
, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and
Army of the Cumberland, October 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, XII Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March 1864. 1st Division. Artillery Reserve,
Department of the Cumberland, to August 1864. Artillery Brigade,
XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to August 1865.
Battery armament consisted of four
12-pounder Napoleon
The M1857 12-pounder Napoleon or Light 12-pounder gun or 12-pounder gun-howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading artillery piece that was adopted by the United States Army in 1857 and extensively employed in the American Civil War. The gun ...
smoothbore cannons.
Detailed service
Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until March 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Seven Days Battles before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines's Mill June 27. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Centreville, Va., August 16–28. Pope's campaign in northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battle of Groveton August 29. Second Battle of Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6–22. Battle of Antietam September 16–17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Shepherdstown September 20. Moved to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12–15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Operations on line of Memphis & Charleston Railroad October–November. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. At Chattanooga, Tenn., until August 1864. Atlanta Campaign. Siege of Atlanta August 25-September 2. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta to October. Garrison duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until August 1865.
Commanders
* Captain John R. Smead - killed in action at the Second Battle of Bull Run
*1st Lieutenant William E. Van Reed - succeeded Cpt Smead
* 1st Lieutenant David H. Kinzie - succeeded 1Lt Van Reed
*Captain Edmund C. Bainbridge - succeeded 1Lt Kinzie
See also
*
List of United States Regular Army Civil War units {{Short description, none
The following is a list of the units of the United States Regular Army during the American Civil War.
Infantry
* 1st Infantry Regiment
* 2nd Infantry Regiment
*3rd Infantry Regiment
* 4th Infantry Regiment
* 5th Infantry ...
*
5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
The 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment of the United States Army, first formed in 1861 in the Regular Army as the 5th Regiment of Artillery.
Lineage
On 4 May 1861, in conformity with the proclamation of the Pr ...
References
* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
;Attribution
* {{CWR
External links
Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery monument at Gettysburg Battlefield
United States Regular Army Civil War units and formations
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