Battery D , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery D , 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 September 4 , 1861 under the command of Captain John Albert Monroe . The battery was attached to McDowell ' s Division , Army of the Potomac , to March 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , I Corps , Army of the Potomac , to April 1862 . Artillery , 3rd Division , Department of the Rappahannock , to June 1862 . Artillery , 3rd Division , III Corps , Army of Virginia , to September 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , I Corps , Army of the Potomac , to October 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , IX Corps , Army Potomac , to March 1863 . Artillery , 2nd Division , IX Corps , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . Unassigned , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to August 1863 . Artillery Reserve , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to October 1863 . Artillery . 1st Division , IX Corps , Department of the Ohio , to April 1864 . Reserve Artillery , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to June 1864 . 1st Brigade , Haskins ' Division , XXII Corps , Department of Washington , to August 1864 . Reserve Artillery , XIX Corps , Army of the Shenandoah , Middle Military Division , to December 1864 . Artillery Brigade , XIX Corps , Army of the Shenandoah , to March 1865 . Artillery Reserve , Army of the Shenandoah , to July 1865 . Battery D , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Rhode Island for Washington , D . C . , September 14 . Duty at Upton ' s Hill , Va . , defenses of Washington , until March 9 , 1862 . March to Fairfax Court House March 9 – 16 , then to Bristoe March 29 , then to Falmouth . Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg until June . McDowell ' s advance on Richmond May 25 – 29 . Pursuit of Jackson June 2 – 11 . Reconnaissance to Orange Court House July 24 – 27 . Expedition to Virginia Central Railroad August 5 – 8 . Action at Thornburg ' s Mill or Massaponax Church August 5 – 6 . Pope ' s Campaign in northern Virginia August 16 - September 2 . Battles of Gainesville August 28 ; Groveton August 29 ; Bull Run August 30 ; Chantilly September 1 ; Antietam , Md . , September 16 – 17 . Movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 30 - November 19 . Battle of Fredericksburg , Va . , December 12 – 15 . " Mud March " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . At Falmouth until February 19 . Moved to Newport News February 19 , then to Covington , Ky . , March 19 – 29 , and to Lexington , Ky . Moved to Camp Nelson , Ky . , May 8 , and to Cincinnati , Ohio , July 12 . To Camp Nelson August 15 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . March over Cumberland Mountains to Loudon , Tenn . , August 16 - September 4 . March to Blue Springs October 7 – 10 . Action at Blue Springs October 10 . March to Knoxville , Tenn . , October 13 – 17 , then to Loudon October 20 – 22 , and to Lenoir Station October 28 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Campbell ' s Station November 16 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 4 . Repulse of Longstreet ' s assault on Fort Saunders November 29 . Pursuit to Rutledge December 5 – 14 . Operations in eastern Tennessee until March 20 , 1864 . Veterans on furlough February and March . Movement to Washington , D . C . , March 20 - April 7 . Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May . Battles of the Wilderness May 5 – 7 . Garrison duty at Fort Lincoln , defenses of Washington , D . C . , until July . Sheridan ' s Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December . Battle of Opequan , Winchester , September 19 . Strasburg September 21 . Fisher ' s Hill September 22 . Battle of Cedar Creek October 19 . Duty in the Shenandoah Valley to July 1865 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 22 men during service ; 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 12 enlisted men died of disease .