Battery C , 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery C , 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery was a heavy artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The Battery C , 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery was initially organized in Providence , Rhode Island as the 3rd Rhode Island Infantry in August 1861 . It was officially changed to heavy artillery on December 19 , 1861 at Hilton Head , South Carolina . The battery was attached to Sherman ' s Expeditionary Corps to April 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Department of the South , to July 1862 . U . S . Forces , Hilton Head , South Carolina , Department of the South , to September 1862 . U . S . Forces , Hilton Head , South Carolina , X Corps , Department of the South , to January 1863 . District of Beaufort , South Carolina , X Corps , to June 1863 . St . Helena Island , South Carolina , X Corps , to July 1863 . U . S . Forces , Morris Island , South Carolina , X Corps , to October 1863 . Artillery , Gordon ' s Division , Folly Island , South Carolina , X Corps , to December 1863 . District of Hilton Head , South Carolina , X Corps , to February 1864 . Artillery , District of Florida , Department of the South , to April 1864 . Artillery , 3rd Division , X Corps , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to May 1864 . Unattached artillery , X Corps , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to June 1864 . Artillery 1st Division , X Corps , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to August 1864 . Artillery Brigade , X Corps , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to December 1864 . Artillery Brigade , XXV Corps , Department of Virginia , to June 1865 . Battery C , 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery mustered out of service June 9 , 1865 . Detailed service . Action at Port Royal Ferry , S . C . , December 29 , 1861 . Venus Point February 15 , 1862 . Moved to Edisto Island , S . C . , April 5 . Operations on James Island , S . C . , June 1 – 28 . Action James Island June 10 . Battle of Secessionville June 16 . Moved to Hilton Head , S . C . , June 28 - July 1 , and duty there until October . Expedition to Pocotaligo , S . C . , October 21 – 23 . Action at Caston and Frampton ' s Plantation , near Pocotaligo , October 22 . Coosawhatchie October 22 . At Hilton Head , S . C . , until January 1863 , and at Beaufort , S . C . , until June 1863 . Broad River April 8 . Port Royal Ferry April 9 . Combahee River June 1 . Combahee Ferry June 2 . Expedition to Darien June 5 – 24 . Moved to St . Helena Island , S . C . , then to Folly Island , S . C . , July 4 – 5 . Attack on Morris Island , S . C . , July 10 . Operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg and against Fort Sumter and Charleston , S . C . , until December . Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7 . Moved to Hilton Head , S . C . , and duty there until February 1864 . Expedition to Jacksonville , Fla . , February 5 – 7 , and to Lake City February 7 – 22 . Battle of Olustee February 20 . Occupation of Palatka March 10 . Duty at Jacksonville until April 30 . Moved to Yorktown , Va . , April 30 . Butler ' s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 5 - June 15 . Operations against Fort Darling May 12 – 16 . Battle of Drewry ' s Bluff May 14 – 16 . On Bermuda Hundred front May 17 - June 15 . Appomattox River May 28 – 31 and June 5 . Before Petersburg June 15 – 19 . Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 , 1864 to April 2 , 1865 . Demonstration on north side of the James August 13 – 20 , 1864 . Strawberry Plains , Deep Bottom , August 14 – 18 . Laurel Hill August 17 . Chaffin ' s Farm September 28 – 30 . Darbytown and New Market Roads October 7 . Fort Burnham December 10 and January 24 , 1865 . Fall of Petersburg and Richmond April 2 – 3 . Duty in the Department of Virginia until June . Casualties . Individual battery losses are not available , but the regiment ' s losses ( all 12 batteries ) are reported as a total of 135 men during service ; 2 officers and 39 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 90 enlisted men died of disease .