Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment

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Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment
ActiveAugust 25, 1861 to December 23, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Artillery
Type Battery
Engagements Siege of Yorktown
Battle of Williamsburg
Battle of Hanover Court House
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Mechanicsville
Battle of Gaines' Mill
Battle of Malvern Hill
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
Battle of Fort Stevens
Battle of Opequon
Battle of Fisher's Hill
Battle of Cedar Creek

Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Regiment was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 25, 1861 under the command of Captain William B. Weeden.

The battery was attached to:

Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery ceased to exist on December 23, 1864 when it was consolidated with Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery.

Detailed service

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 27 men during service; 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 8 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

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