13th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at New York City and mustered in October 15, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., October 17. Attached to Baker's Brigade, Stone's Division, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1861. Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Blenker's 2nd Division 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, to April, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to September. 1864. Unattached Artillery, Post of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Sub-District, Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty on the Upper Potomac to December, 1861, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until April, 1862. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley until July. Reconnaissance to Rappahannock River and action at Rappahannock Crossing April 18. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Occupation of Luray July 22. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D, C., until December. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Brook's Station until April. 
* April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
** May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
* June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg CampaignNot originally referenced on unit homepage
** July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
* Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
* Near Bristoe Station until September.
* Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 4.
* Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Orchard Knob November 23-24.
** Mission Ridge November 24-25.
* March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8.
* Duty in Lookout Valley until April, 1864. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge, Tunnel Hill and Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-11. 
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8. 
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Near Cassville May 19. 
** New Hope Church May 25. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. 
** Pine Hill June 11-14. 
** Lost Mountain June 15-17. 
** Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. 
** Muddy Creek June 17. 
** Noyes Creek June 19. 
** Kolb's Farm June 22. 
** Assault on Kenesaw June 27. 
** Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. 
** Chattahoochie River July 5-17. 
** Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. 
** September 2 - Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
* Ordered to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and duty in that District until July, 1865. 
** Overall's Creek December 4, 1864. 
** Hood's attack on Murfreesboro December 5-12, 1864. 
** Wilkinson's Pike, Murfreesboro, December 7. 
* Mustered out July 28, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 719, 827, 834, 866, 905, 916, 1399)
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