Battery A , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery A , 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 June 6 , 1861 under the command of Captain William H . Reynolds . The battery was attached to Burnside ' s Brigade , Hunter ' s Division , McDowell ' s Army of Virginia , to August 1861 . Department of the Shenandoah to October 1861 . Banks ' Division , Army of the Potomac , to March 1862 . Artillery , 2nd Division , 2nd Corps , Army of the Potomac , to June 1863 . Artillery Brigade , II Corps , Army of the Potomac , to September 1864 . Battery A , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery ceased to exist on September 30 , 1864 when its members were transferred to Battery B , 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery . Detailed service . Left Rhode Island for Washington , D . C . , June 19 . Duty in the defenses of Washington , D . C . , until July 16 , 1861 . Advance on Manassas , Va . , July 16 – 21 . Battle of Bull Run July 21 . Moved to Sandy Hook , Md . , July 28 . Duty there and at Berlin and Darnestown until September . Moved to Harpers Ferry September 16 . Action at Bolivar Heights October 16 . At Muddy Branch and Poolesville , Md . , until March 1862 . Moved to Washington , then to Hampton , Va . , March 22 - April 1 . Virginia Peninsula Campaign April to August . Siege of Yorktown April 5 - May 4 . Battle of Fair Oaks ( Seven Pines ) May 31 - June 1 . Seven Days Battles 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 . March to Fairfax Court House August 28 – 31 . Cover retreat of Pope ' s Army from Bull Run to Washington August 31 - September 1 . Maryland Campaign September . Battles of South Mountain , Md . , September 14 , and Antietam September 16 – 17 . Moved to Harpers Ferry September 22 , and duty there until October 30 . Reconnaissance to Charlestown October 16 – 17 . Action at Charlestown October 16 . Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 30 - November 17 . Battle of Fredericksburg December 11 – 15 . Duty at Falmouth until April , 1863 . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Maryes Heights , Fredericksburg , May 3 . Salem Heights May 3 – 4 . Gettysburg Campaign June 11 - July 24 . Battle of Gettysburg July 1 – 4 . Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13 – 17 . Bristoe Campaign October 9 – 22 . Bristoe Station October 14 . Auburn Heights October 14 . Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7 – 8 . Mine Run Campaign November 26 - December 2 . At Stevensburg , Va . , until May 1864 . Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6 – 7 . Morton ' s Ford February 6 – 7 . Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May – June . Battles of the Wilderness May 5 – 7 ; Spotsylvania May 8 – 12 ; Po River May 10 ; Spotsylvania Court House May 12 – 21 . Assault on the Salient May 12 . North Anna River May 23 – 26 . Line of the Pamunkey May 26 – 28 . Totopotomoy May 28 – 31 . Shallow Creek May 31 . Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 . Before Petersburg June 16 – 18 . Non - veterans mustered out June 18 , 1864 . Siege of Petersburg June 16 - September 30 . Jerusalem Plank Road June 21 – 23 . Deep Bottom July 27 – 28 . Mine Explosion , Petersburg , July 30 ( reserve ) . Strawberry Plains , Deep Bottom , August 14 – 18 . Ream ' s Station August 25 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 18 men during service ; 1 officer and 12 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 enlisted men died of disease . Legacy . Battery A , 1st Battalion , 103rd Field Artillery of the Rhode Island National Guard traces its origins to this battery .