Historical Profile
First New York Light Artillery – Battery G
We in the ICWV Artillery Corp have the privilege demonstrating an original model 1857, light 12 pound gun, commonly referred to as a Napoleon. The barrel was cast by Revere Copper Works in 1862 and saw extensive service during the civil war.
Battery G was originally issued 10 pound parrot guns but at the battle of Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862 they were ruined in the course of the battle. A first hand report follows:
“At Malvern Hill July 1, we were heavily engaged, the enemy charging our battery three times, massed in several lines of battle, and charged nearly up to the muzzle of our pieces, but was each time driven back and finally gave up the attempt to take our guns. In this engagement, in order to save our guns, we were obliged to overload them, and so much so, that we ruined them.”
After the battle they withdrew to Harrison's Landing and while there they drew a new battery of light twelve-pound guns, Napoleons.
Battery G, was principally recruited at Mexico, New York and was mustered in the service of the United States September 24, 1861, at Elmira. November 12, 1861.
Regimental Assignments
It served at and near Washington, D. C., from November, 1861; in Richardson's Division (1st), 2d Corps, Army of Potomac,
March, 1862; in the 3d Division, 2d Corps,
June, 1862; in Artillery Brigade, 2d Corps,
April, 1863; with 3d Division, 2d Corps, at Chancellorsville; in the 1st Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac,
May 12, 1863; in the 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac,
June, 1863; in the Artillery Brigade, 2d Corps, from July 12, 1863; in the Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac,
August, 1863; in the Artillery Brigade, 2d Corps,
October, 1863; with the 2d Division, 2d Corps, in August, 1863;
in the Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac, but attached to the 9th Corps, from January, 1865.
It was honorably discharged and mustered out, under the command of Capt. Samuel A. McClellan, June 19, 1865, at Elmira.
Engagements and Battles
Winter of 1861-62 remained at Camp California outside of Alexandria, VA for training.
Advanced in the spring of 1862:
Warrington Junction, VA March 28-29, 1862
Siege of Yorktown, VA April 5-May 5, 1862
Lee’s Mills April 16, 1862
Fair Oaks, VA April May 31 – June 1, 1862
Seven Days Battle June 25 – July 2, 1862
Fair Oaks, VA June 27, 1862
Savage Station June 29, 1862
Glendale June 30, 1862
Malvern Hill July 1, 1862
Carters Hill July 2, 1862
Antietam, MD September 17, 1862
Near Leesburg, VA October 1, 1862
Fredericksburg, VA December 11 – 15, 1862
Chancellorsville, VA May 1 – 3, 1863
Gettysburg, PA July 1 – 3, 1863
Auburn, VA October 14, 1863
Bristoe Station, VA October 14, 1863
Mine Run Campaign, VA November 30, 1863
Morton’s Ford, VA February 6, 1864
Wilderness, VA May 5 – 7, 1864
Spotsylvania, VA May 18 – 21, 1864
Po River, VA May 9 – 10, 1864
The Salient May 12, 1864
Landron House May 18, 1864
North Anna May 22 – 26, 1864
Totopotomoy, VA May 27 – 31, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA June 1 – 12, 1864
Before Petersburg, VA June 15, 1863 to April 2, 1865
Assault on Petersburg, VA June 15 – 19, 1864
Weldon Railroad, VA June 21 – 23, 1864
Strawberry Plains, VA August 14 – 18, 1864
Fort Steadman and Petersburg March 25, 1865
Fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865
Mustered out June 19, 1865
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 5 officers, 54 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, I officer, 41 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 5 officers, 161 enlisted men; total, 11 officers, 256 enlisted men; aggregate, 267; of whom 9 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy.
Additional information is available at; https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatG.htm
We in the ICWV Artillery Corp have the privilege demonstrating an original model 1857, light 12 pound gun, commonly referred to as a Napoleon. The barrel was cast by Revere Copper Works in 1862 and saw extensive service during the civil war.
Battery G was originally issued 10 pound parrot guns but at the battle of Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862 they were ruined in the course of the battle. A first hand report follows:
“At Malvern Hill July 1, we were heavily engaged, the enemy charging our battery three times, massed in several lines of battle, and charged nearly up to the muzzle of our pieces, but was each time driven back and finally gave up the attempt to take our guns. In this engagement, in order to save our guns, we were obliged to overload them, and so much so, that we ruined them.”
After the battle they withdrew to Harrison's Landing and while there they drew a new battery of light twelve-pound guns, Napoleons.
Battery G, was principally recruited at Mexico, New York and was mustered in the service of the United States September 24, 1861, at Elmira. November 12, 1861.
Regimental Assignments
It served at and near Washington, D. C., from November, 1861; in Richardson's Division (1st), 2d Corps, Army of Potomac,
March, 1862; in the 3d Division, 2d Corps,
June, 1862; in Artillery Brigade, 2d Corps,
April, 1863; with 3d Division, 2d Corps, at Chancellorsville; in the 1st Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac,
May 12, 1863; in the 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac,
June, 1863; in the Artillery Brigade, 2d Corps, from July 12, 1863; in the Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac,
August, 1863; in the Artillery Brigade, 2d Corps,
October, 1863; with the 2d Division, 2d Corps, in August, 1863;
in the Artillery Reserve, Army of Potomac, but attached to the 9th Corps, from January, 1865.
It was honorably discharged and mustered out, under the command of Capt. Samuel A. McClellan, June 19, 1865, at Elmira.
Engagements and Battles
Winter of 1861-62 remained at Camp California outside of Alexandria, VA for training.
Advanced in the spring of 1862:
Warrington Junction, VA March 28-29, 1862
Siege of Yorktown, VA April 5-May 5, 1862
Lee’s Mills April 16, 1862
Fair Oaks, VA April May 31 – June 1, 1862
Seven Days Battle June 25 – July 2, 1862
Fair Oaks, VA June 27, 1862
Savage Station June 29, 1862
Glendale June 30, 1862
Malvern Hill July 1, 1862
Carters Hill July 2, 1862
Antietam, MD September 17, 1862
Near Leesburg, VA October 1, 1862
Fredericksburg, VA December 11 – 15, 1862
Chancellorsville, VA May 1 – 3, 1863
Gettysburg, PA July 1 – 3, 1863
Auburn, VA October 14, 1863
Bristoe Station, VA October 14, 1863
Mine Run Campaign, VA November 30, 1863
Morton’s Ford, VA February 6, 1864
Wilderness, VA May 5 – 7, 1864
Spotsylvania, VA May 18 – 21, 1864
Po River, VA May 9 – 10, 1864
The Salient May 12, 1864
Landron House May 18, 1864
North Anna May 22 – 26, 1864
Totopotomoy, VA May 27 – 31, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA June 1 – 12, 1864
Before Petersburg, VA June 15, 1863 to April 2, 1865
Assault on Petersburg, VA June 15 – 19, 1864
Weldon Railroad, VA June 21 – 23, 1864
Strawberry Plains, VA August 14 – 18, 1864
Fort Steadman and Petersburg March 25, 1865
Fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865
Mustered out June 19, 1865
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 5 officers, 54 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, I officer, 41 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 5 officers, 161 enlisted men; total, 11 officers, 256 enlisted men; aggregate, 267; of whom 9 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy.
Additional information is available at; https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatG.htm
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