Battery G , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery G , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The battery was organized in Providence , Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment in December 1861 under the command of Captain Charles D . Owen . The battery was attached to Sedgwick ' s Division , Army of the Potomac , to March 1862 . Reserve Artillery , II Corps , Army of the Potomac , to October 1862 . Artillery , 3rd Division , II Corps , Army of the Potomac , to May 1863 . 4th Volunteer Brigade , Artillery Reserve , Army of the Potomac , to July 1863 . Artillery Brigade , VI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to August 1864 , and Army of the Shenandoah , Middle Military Division , to November 1864 . Camp Barry , XXII Corps , Department of Washington , to December 1864 . Artillery Brigade , VI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to June 1865 . Battery G , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery mustered out of service on June 24 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Rhode Island for Washington , D . C . , December 7 . Duty at Camp Sprague , defenses of Washington , D . C . , until January 3 , 1862 . Moved to Darnestown January 3 and to Poolesville , Md . Duty there until February and at Edward ' s Ferry until March . At Bolivar Heights until March 26 . Moved to Washington , D . C . , then to the Virginia Peninsula March 26 - April 2 . Siege of Yorktown April 5 - May 4 . Battle of Fair Oaks , Seven Pines , May 31 - June 1 . Seven days before Richmond June 25 - July 1 . Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29 . Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30 . Malvern Hill July 1 . At Harrison ' s Landing until August 16 . Movement to Alexandria August 16 – 28 , then march to Fairfax Court House August 28 – 31 . Cover retreat of Pope ' s army from Bull Run to Washington , D . C . , August 31 - September 2 . Battle of Antietam , September 16 – 17 . Moved to Harpers Ferry , W . Va . , September 22 , and duty there until October 22 . Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 30 - November 18 . Battle of Fredericksburg December 12 – 15 . " Mud March " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . At Falmouth until April . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Maryes Heights , Fredericksburg , May 3 . Salem Heights May 3 – 4 . Banks ' Ford May 4 . Franklin ' s Crossing June 5 – 13 . Battle of Gettysburg , July 2 – 4 . Near Fairfield July 5 . Funkstown , Md . , July 10 – 13 . Bristoe Campaign October 9 – 22 . Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7 – 8 . Rappahannock Station November 7 . Mine Run Campaign November 26 - December 2 . At Brandy Station until May 1864 . Rapidan Campaign May – June . Battles of the Wilderness May 5 – 7 ; Spotsylvania May 8 – 12 ; Spotsylvania Court House May 12 – 21 . Assault on the Salient May 12 . North Anna River May 23 – 26 . On line of the Pamunkey May 26 – 28 . Totopotomoy May 28 – 31 . Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 . Before Petersburg June 17 – 18 . Siege of Petersburg June 16 - July 9 . Jerusalem Plank Road June 22 – 23 . Moved to Washington , D . C . , July 9 – 12 . Repulse of Early ' s attack on Washington July 12 . Snicker ' s Ferry July 17 – 18 . Sheridan ' s Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November . Battle of Opequan , Winchester , September 19 . Fisher ' s Hill September 22 . Mount Jackson September 23 – 24 . Battle of Cedar Creek October 19 . Duty at Winchester and Kernstown until November . Moved to Washington , D . C . , and refit , then moved to Petersburg , Va . Siege of Petersburg December 1864 to April 1865 . Fort Fisher , Petersburg , March 25 , 1865 . Appomattox Campaign March 28 - April 9 . Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2 . Pursuit of Lee April 3 – 9 . Sayler ' s Creek April 6 . High Bridge and Farmville April 7 . Appomattox Court House April 9 . Surrender of Lee and his army . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 30 men during service ; 2 officers and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 18 enlisted men died of disease .