1st New Hampshire Light Battery 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st New Hampshire Artillery was organized in Manchester , New Hampshire and mustered in September 21 , 1861 for three years service under Captain George A . Gerrish . The battery was attached to McDowell ' s Division , Army of the Potomac , to March 1862 . 3rd Division , I Corps , Army of the Potomac , to April 1862 . Artillery , King ' s Division , Department of the Rappahannock , to June 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , III Corps , Army of Virginia , to September 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , I Corps , Army of the Potomac , to May 1863 . 3rd Volunteer Brigade , Artillery Reserve , Army of the Potomac , to October 1863 . Artillery Brigade , III Corps , Army of the Potomac , to March 1864 . Artillery Brigade , II Corps , Army of the Potomac , to June 1865 . The 1st New Hampshire Artillery mustered out of service June 9 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left New Hampshire for Washington , D . C . , November 1 , 1861 . Duty at Munson ' s Hill , defenses of Washington , D . C . , until March 1862 . Advance on Manassas , Va . , March 10 – 15 . Camp at Upton ' s Hill until April 9 . Advance on Falmouth , Va . , April 9 – 18 . Occupation of Fredericksburg April 18 and duty there until May 25 . McDowell ' s advance on Richmond May 25 – 29 . Operations against Jackson June 1 – 21 . Duty at Falmouth until July 28 , and at Fredericksburg until August 5 . Expedition to Fredericks Hall and Spotsylvania Court House August 5 – 8 . Thornburg Mills August 5 – 6 . Pope ' s Campaign in northern Virginia August 16 - September 2 . Fords of the Rappahannock August 21 – 23 . Rappahannock Station August 22 . Sulphur Springs August 26 . August 29 . Battle of Bull Run August 30 . Maryland Campaign September – October . Battle of Antietam , September 16 – 17 . Movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 30 - November 19 . Union November 2 – 3 . Battle of Fredericksburg , Va . , December 11 – 15 . " Mud March " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . At Belle Plains until April . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Operations at Pollock ' s Mill Creek April 29 - May 2 . Fitzhugh ' s Crossing April 29 – 30 . Battle of Chancellorsville May 1 – 5 . Battle of Gettysburg , July 2 – 4 . Funkstown , Md . , July 12 – 18 . Bristoe Campaign October 9 – 22 . Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7 – 8 . Kelly ' s Ford November 7 . Brandy Station November 8 . Mine Run Campaign November 26 - December 2 . Payne ' s Farm November 27 . At Brandy Station until April 1864 . Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6 – 7 . Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3 - June 12 . 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 , " Bloody Angle , " May 12 . North Anna River May 23 – 26 . Totopotomoy May 28 – 31 . Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 . Before Petersburg June 16 – 19 . Siege of Petersburg June 16 , 1864 to April 2 , 1865 . Jerusalem Plank Road June 22 – 23 . Deep Bottom July 27 – 28 . Mine Explosion , Petersburg , July 30 ( reserve ) . Demonstration north of the James August 13 – 20 . Strawberry Plains , Deep Bottom , August 14 – 18 . Duty in the trenches before Petersburg August 20 – 30 . At Fort Hill until September 7 . At Battery 18 until October 22 . Non - veterans mustered out September 28 , 1864 . Battery attached to 1st New Hampshire Heavy Artillery as Company M November 5 , 1864 , but remained detached as a light battery in the field . Duty in the trenches before Petersburg until March 1865 . Appomattox Campaign March 28 - April 9 . White Oak Road March 30 – 31 . Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2 . Sayler ' s Creek April 6 . Farmville and High Bridge April 7 . Appomattox Court House April 9 . Surrender of Lee and his army . Moved to Washington , D . C . , May 1 – 12 . Grand Review of the Armies May 23 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 12 men during service ; 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 6 enlisted men died of disease . from September 26 , 1861 , to June 15 , 1865 , When the Battery was Mustered Out of the Service of the United States " ( Manchester , NH : Budget Job Print ) , 1891 .