Union Artillery in Fortresses
Army of the Potomac
February 18651
8 February:
Fort Fisher C/ & I/5th U.S. Artillery 4 light l2pdrs
C/4th New York Artillery 4 Coehorn mortars
In reserve C/4th New York Artillery 2 Coehorn mortars
Fort Welch llth New York Battery 6 3" rifles
Fort Gregg M/lst New Hampshire Artillery 4 light l2pdrs
Fort Sampson B/lst New Jersey Artillery 2 light l2pdrs
Fort Fisher B/lst New Jersey Artillery 2 light l2pdrs
Fort Cummings B/lst Rhode Island Artillery 4 light l2pdrs
Attached to
4th U.S. B/lst Rhode Island Artillery 2 light l2pdrs
for movement
Ready to move l0th Massachusetts Battery 6 3" rifles
Train Guards L/4th New York Artillery none
9th Corps Line 3rd New Jersey Battery 6 light l2pdrs
G/lst New York Artillery 6 light l2pdrs
6th Maine Battery 6 light l2pdrs
F/lst Pennsylvania Artillery 6 3" rifles
l2 February:
Fort Gregg M/lst New Hampshire 4 3" rifles
Fort Sampson C/ &I/5th U.S. Artillery 4 light l2pdrs
Battery in
front of K/4th U.S. Artillery 4 light l2pdrs
Fort Cummings
Battery to
right of llth New York Battery 6 light l2pdrs
Westmoreland
Chimneys
Battery near l0th Massachusetts 6 3" rifles
Tucker Hourse
In Park B/lst Rhode Island Artillery 6 light l2pdrs
In park near
Patrick's l2th New York Battery 4 light l2pdrs
Station
In Reserve C/4th New York Artillery 6 coehorn mortars
Train Guards L/4th New York Artilley none
9th Corps Line 3rd New Jersey Battery 6 light l2pdrs
G/lst New York Artillery 6 light l2pdrs
6th Maine Battery 6 light l2pdrs
F/lst Pennsylvania Artillery 6 3" rifles
l9 February:
Fort Gregg M/lst New Hampshire 4 3" rifles
Fort Sampson C/, & I/5th U.S. Artillery 4 light l2pdrs
Battery in
front of K/4th U.S. Artillery 4 light l2pdrs
Fort Cummings
Battery to
right of llth New York Battery 6 light l2pdrs
Westmoreland
Chimneys
Battery to
left of B/lst New Jersey Artillery 6 light l2pdrs
Westmoreland
Chimneys
Battery near l0th Massachusetts 6 3" rifles
Tucker Hourse
In Park B/lst Rhode Island Artillery 6 light l2pdrs
In park near
Patrick's l2th New York Battery 4 light l2pdrs
Station
In Reserve C/4th New York Artillery 6 coehorn mortars
Train Guards L/4th New York Artilley none
9th Corps Line 3rd New Jersey Battery 6 light l2pdrs
G/lst New York Artillery 6 light l2pdrs
6th Maine Battery 6 light l2pdrs
F/lst Pennsylvania Artillery 6 3" rifles
(Order of Battle From the George Nafziger Collection)2
Source:
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government
Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1880-1901 ↩ - George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection ↩