Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery was a light artillery battery that served in the Union Army as part of the Pennsylvania Reserves infantry division during the American Civil War.
The battery was organized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on August 5, 1861, under the command of Captain Ezra Matthews.
The battery was attached to Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, October 1861 to March 1862. 1st Division, V Corps and 1st Division, Department of the Shenandoah, to May 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Department of the Rappahannock, to June 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, III Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, to January 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, I Corps, to May 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to July 1863. Artillery Brigade, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1864. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.
Battery "B", Pennsylvania Light Artillery mustered out of service July 9, 1865.
Duty in the defenses of Washington until October 1861 and on the Upper Potomac, between Edward's Ferry and Hancock, Md., until February 1862. Advance on Winchester March 1âÂÂ12. Reconnaissance toward Strasburg and action near Winchester March 7. Ordered to join Abercrombie's Brigade March 21, and moved to Warrenton Junction. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley March 24-April 27. Rappahannock Crossing April 18. Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia August 1-September 2. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21âÂÂ23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Battle of Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6âÂÂ24. Battle of Antietam September 16âÂÂ17. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12âÂÂ15. "Mud March" January 20âÂÂ24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plain until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29âÂÂ30. Chancellorsville May 2âÂÂ5. Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2âÂÂ4. Advance to line of the Rapidan September 13âÂÂ17. Bristoe Campaign October 9âÂÂ22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7âÂÂ8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6âÂÂ7, 1864. Morton's Ford February 6âÂÂ7. Camp near Stevensburg, Va., until May. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battle of the Wilderness May 5âÂÂ7. Spotsylvania May 8âÂÂ12. Spotsylvania Court House May 12âÂÂ21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23âÂÂ26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26âÂÂ28. Totopotomoy May 28âÂÂ31. Cold Harbor June 1âÂÂ12. Before Petersburg June 16âÂÂ18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864 to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 21âÂÂ22, 1864. Demonstration north of the James River at Deep Bottom July 27âÂÂ29. Deep Bottom July 27âÂÂ29. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13âÂÂ20. Strawberry Plains August 14âÂÂ18. Fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review of the Armies May 23.
The battery lost a total of 31 men during service; 1 officer and 17 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 13 enlisted men died of disease.