1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery D

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Providence and mustered in September 4, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 14. Attached to McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. Unassigned, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to August, 1863. Artillery Reserve, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to October, 1863. Artillery. 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. Reserve Artillery, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to August, 1864. Reserve Artillery, 19th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 19th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah, to March, 1865. Artillery Reserve, Army Shenandoah, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Upton's Hill, Va., Defenses of Washington, until March 9, 1862. March to Fairfax C. H. March 9-16, thence to Bristoe March 29, thence 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 C. H. July 24-27. Expedition to Virginia Central Railroad August 5-8. Action at Thornburg's Mill or Massaponax Church August 5-6. 
* August 16-September 2, 1862 - The Northern Virginia Campaign
** August 28, 1862 - Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia 
* Groveton August 29; 
* Bull Run August 30; 
* Chantilly September 1; 
* September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
** September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
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, thence 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 East 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, thence 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 East Tennessee until March 20, 1864. Veterans on furlough February and March. Movement to Washington, D.C., March 20-April 7. 
* May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
** May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
** May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, VirginiaNot originally referenced on unit homepage
** Ordered to Washington with May 16, 1864Wikipedia - further research needed
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. Fister's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley to July, 1865. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Battery lost during service 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 22.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 761, 933, 934, 906, 907, 1632)
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