Service
- Expedition from New Berne, N. C., November 2–12, 1862.
- Action at Rawle's Hill November 2.
- Demonstration on New Berne November 11.
- Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 11–20.
- Action at Kinston December 14,
- Action at Whitehall December 16.
- Action at Goldsboro December 17.
- Duty at New Berne, N. C., until March, 1863.
- Expedition from New Berne to Trenton, Pollockville, Young's Cross Roads and Swansborough March 6–10.
- Expedition to Plymouth, N. C., March 27-April 1, and duty there until April, 1864.
- Expedition from Plymouth to Foster's Mills July 26–29, 1863.
- Expedition to Lake Phelps January 27, 1864.
- Siege of Plymouth, N. C., April 17–20. Captured April 20.
- Transferred to 3rd New York Light Artillery as Battery "L" March 8, 1865.
- Joined Regiment in Dept. of North Carolina May 28, 1865.
Battery lost during service 4 men killed in action or mortally wounded and 77 men dead from disease, for a total of 81 fatalities.
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