Battery C , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery C , 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 on August 25 , 1861 under the command of Captain William B . Weeden . The battery was attached to Porter ' s Division , Army of the Potomac , to March 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , III Corps , Army of the Potomac , to May 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , V Corps , Army Potomac , to May 1863 . 3rd Volunteer Brigade , Artillery Reserve , Army of the Potomac , to June 1863 . Artillery Brigade , VI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to August 1864 , and Army of the Shenandoah to November 1864 . Camp Barry , XXII Corps , Department of Washington , to December 1864 . Battery C , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery ceased to exist on December 23 , 1864 when it was consolidated with Battery G , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery . Detailed service . Left Rhode Island for Washington , D . C . , August 31 . Duty at Camp Sprague , defenses of Washington , until October 1861 , and at Hall ' s and Munson ' s Hills until March 1862 . Advance on Manassas , Va . , March 10 – 16 . Moved to Alexandria , then to Fort Monroe , Va . , March 16 – 23 . Action at Howard ' s Bridge April 4 . Siege of Yorktown April 5 - May 4 . Battle of Williamsburg May 5 . Hanover Court House May 27 . Operations about Hanover Court House May 27 – 29 . Seven days before Richmond June 25 - July 1 . Battles of Mechanicsville June 26 ; Gaines ' Mill June 27 ; Turkey Bridge and Malvern Cliff June 30 ; Malvern Hill July 1 . At Harrison ' s Landing until August 16 . Movement to Fortress Monroe , thence to Centreville August 16 – 28 . Battle of Bull Run August 30 . Battle of Antietam , September 16 – 17 . Shepherdstown September 19 . At Sharpsburg until October 30 . Movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 30 - November 19 . Battle of Fredericksburg , Va . , December 12 – 15 . " Mud March " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . At Falmouth , Va . , until April 27 . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Battle of Chancellorsville May 1 – 5 . Operations at Franklin ' s Crossing June 5 – 13 . Battle of Gettysburg , July 2 – 4 . At Warrenton , Va . , until September 15 . 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 . Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May – June . Battles of the Wilderness May 5 – 7 ; Spotsylvania May 8 – 12 : Spotsylvania Court House May 12 – 21 ; North Anna River May 23 – 26 . Line of the Pamunkey May 26 – 28 . Totopotomoy May 28 – 31 . Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 . Before Petersburg June 16 – 18 . Siege of Petersburg June 16 - July 9 . Jerusalem Plank Road June 22 – 23 . Moved to Washington , D . C . , June 9 – 11 . Repulse of Early ' s attack on Washington July 11 – 12 . Sheridan ' s Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November . Battle of Opequan , Winchester , September 19 . Fisher ' s Hill September 22 . Battle of Cedar Creek October 19 . Duty at Winchester and Kernstown until November , and at Camp Barry , defenses of Washington , until December . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 27 men during service ; 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 8 enlisted men died of disease .