Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three-year enlistment in December 1861 under the command of Captain Charles D. Owen.
The battery was attached to Sedgwick's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Reserve Artillery, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to July 1863. Artillery Brigade, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to November 1864. Camp Barry, XXII Corps, Department of Washington, to December 1864. Artillery Brigade, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.
Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery mustered out of service on June 24, 1865.
Left Rhode Island for Washington, D.C., December 7. Duty at Camp Sprague, defenses of Washington, D.C., until January 3, 1862. Moved to Darnestown January 3 and to Poolesville, Md. Duty there until February and at Edward's Ferry until March. At Bolivar Heights until March 26. Moved to Washington, D.C., then to the Virginia Peninsula March 26-April 2. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days 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 16âÂÂ28, then march to Fairfax Court House August 28âÂÂ31. Cover retreat of Pope's army from Bull Run to Washington, D.C., August 31-September 2. Battle of Antietam, September 16âÂÂ17. Moved to Harpers Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty there until October 22. Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 18. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12âÂÂ15. "Mud March" January 20âÂÂ24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3âÂÂ4. Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's Crossing June 5âÂÂ13. Battle of Gettysburg, July 2âÂÂ4. Near Fairfield July 5. Funkstown, Md., July 10âÂÂ13. Bristoe Campaign October 9âÂÂ22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7âÂÂ8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Brandy Station until May 1864. Rapidan Campaign MayâÂÂJune. Battles of the Wilderness May 5âÂÂ7; Spotsylvania May 8âÂÂ12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12âÂÂ21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23âÂÂ26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26âÂÂ28. Totopotomoy May 28âÂÂ31. Cold Harbor June 1âÂÂ12. Before Petersburg June 17âÂÂ18. Siege of Petersburg June 16-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22âÂÂ23. Moved to Washington, D.C., July 9âÂÂ12. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 12. Snicker's Ferry July 17âÂÂ18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Battle of Opequon, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mount Jackson September 23âÂÂ24. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Winchester and Kernstown until November. Moved to Washington, D.C., and refit, then moved to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December 1864 to April 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3âÂÂ9. Sayler's Creek April 6. High Bridge and Farmville April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army.
The battery lost a total of 30 men during service; 2 officers and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 18 enlisted men died of disease.