1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E
Detachment · United States
A battery of the 1st U.S. Artillery. Part of the Fort Sumter garrison in April 1861, it fired the first Union shots in defense of the fort. The battery later served with the Army of the Potomac at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Fought in American Indian Wars Wikipedia
Movements
- 1816 – 1858 Seminole Wars
- December 23, 1835 – August 14, 1842 Second Seminole War
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 Mexican-American War
- May 8, 1846 Battle of Palo Alto
- May 9, 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma
- September 21–24, 1846 Battle of Monterrey
- April 12–13, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter
- April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865 American Civil War
- April 5 – May 4, 1862 Siege of Yorktown (1862)
- June 30, 1862 Battle of Glendale
- July 1, 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill
- August 28–30, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run
- September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam
- December 11–15, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg
- April 30 – May 6, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville
- July 1–3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg
- November 27 – December 2, 1863 Battle of Mine Run
- May 4 – June 24, 1864 Overland Campaign
- April 21 – August 13, 1898 Spanish-American War
- February 4, 1899 – July 2, 1902 Philippine-American War