page_title: U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade
section_title: 1862 - Peninsula Campaign
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade / Organization / 1862 - Peninsula Campaign
caption_attribution_description: English: Fair Oaks, Va., vicinity. Capt. Horatio G. Gibson (second from left) and officers of his battery.
context_page_description: The Horse Artillery Brigade of the Army of the Potomac was a brigade of various batteries of horse artillery during the American Civil War.
  Made up almost entirely of individual, company-strength batteries from the Regular Army's five artillery regiments, the Horse Artillery operated under the command umbrella of the Cavalry Corps. The Horse Artillery differed from other light artillery in that each member of the unit traveled on his own horse, rather than the traditional light artillery practice of "drivers" riding horses pulling the guns, while the cannoneers rode on the limbers and caissons. Ordinarily, though, the cannoneers traveled on foot behind their respective gun. But, with each man on his own horse, the unit could travel faster and more efficiently. It was the brainchild of former artillery captain and Brig. Gen. William Farquhar Barry, Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac, in 1861. With such a large percentage of the U.S. Horse Artillery being artillery batteries from the regular U.S. Army, it developed a superb reputation for military efficiency, accuracy of fire, and command presence in the field and in battle.
  Originally under the direct command of Lt.
context_section_description: Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William Hays, USV (Captain, USA, 2nd U.S Artillery), of Tennessee
  Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery (2nd Regiment of Artillery)
  Commander: Captain John C. Tidball, USA, of Ohio
  Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr., USA, of New Jersey
  Rear (Left) Section Chief: First Lieutenant William Neil Dennison, USA, of Ohio
  Center Section Chief: Second Lieutenant Robert Clarke, USA, of Pennsylvania
  Chief of Line of Caissons: First Sergeant Frank
  (Combined) Batteries B & L, 2nd U.S. Artillery
  Commander: Captain James Madison Robertson, USA
  Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant John Moulder Wilson, USA, of Washington, DC
  Rear (Left) Section Chief: Second Lieutenant Carle Augustus Woodruff, USA, of New York
  Center Section Chief: Second Lieutenant Albert Oliver Vincent, USA, of Ohio
  Chief of Line of Caissons: First Lieutenant Perry Bly, 9th New York Cavalry (on TDY)
  Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery
  Commander: Captain Henry Benson, USA, of New Jersey
  Lead (right) Section – First Lieutenant John W. Barlow, USA, of New York
  Rear (left) Section – First Lieutenant Peter Conover Hains, USA, of New Jersey
  Center Section – Second Lieutenant Robert Hunter Chapin, USA, of New York
  Battery C, 3rd U.S. Artillery
  Commander: Captain Horatio Gates Gibson, USA, of Pennsylvania
  Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant William Duncan Fuller, USA, of Maine
  Rear (Left) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Edmund Pendleton, USA, of Virginia
  Center Section Chief: First Lieutenant Henry Meinell, USA, of New York
  Chiefs of Line of Caissons: Second Lieutenant William D'Wolf, USA, of Illinois, (mortally wounded at Williamsburg, May 4, 1862; Died of wounds, June 3, 1862); Second Lieutenant Francis Lowell Dutton Russell, USA, of Massachusetts (on TDY from 4th US Artillery)
  Battery Wagon & Forge: (First?) Lieutenant J.W. Upham, 9th New York Cavalry (on TDY)
caption: Officers of Battery C, 3rd U.S. Artillery. L-R: Meinell, Gibson, Pendleton, and Fuller. Photo by James F. Gibson. Library of Congress
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