The 23rd Independent Battery New York Light Artillery was a unit of the Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

History

Organized as Battery A, New York Rocket Battalion

New York Rocket Battalion

The Rocket Battalion of Artillery , better known as the New York Rocket Battalion was an artillery battalion organized in the state of New York for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:...

, and designated 23rd New York Battery February 11, 1863, having served as such provisionally from November 1, 1862. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps

XVIII Corps (ACW)

XVIII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.- Origins and makeup :The XVIII Corps was created on December 24, 1862, and initially composed of five divisions stationed in North Carolina, making it one of the largest in the Union Army , placed under the command of General...

, Dept. of North Carolina, to May 1863. District of Pamlico, Dept. of North Carolina, and District of North Carolina, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to February 1864. Sub-District Defenses of New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population of 29,524 as of the 2010 census.. It is located at the confluence of the Trent and the Neuse rivers...

, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to February, 1865. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1865. Artillery, Kilpatrick's 3rd Cavalry Division, Army of Georgia, to July, 1865.

Service

• Expedition from New Berne, N. C., to Tarborg November 2-12, 1862.
• Action at Rawle's Mills November 2.
• Demonstration on New Berne November 11.
• Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro, N. C., December 11-20.
• Action at Kinston
  Battle of Kinston
  The Battle of Kinston was fought on December 14, 1862, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, near the town of Kinston, as part of the Goldsboro Expedition of the American Civil War....
  
   December 14;
• Action at Whitehall December 16;
• Actions at Thompson's Bridge and Goldsboro
  Battle of Goldsboro Bridge
  The Battle of Goldsborough Bridge took place on December 17, 1862, in Wayne County, North Carolina, as part of the Union expedition to Goldsboro, North Carolina, during the American Civil War.-Background:...
  
   December 17.
• Reconnaissance to Diascund Bridge December 17.
• Duty in the District of the Pamlico, N. C., until March, 1865.
• Operations on the Pamlico April 4-6, 1863.
• Expedition to Swift Creek Village April 13-21.
• Action at Washington, N. C., April 27-28, 1864.
• Near Greenville November 25.
• Greenville December 30.
• Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26.
• Bennett's House
  Bennett Place
  Bennett Place, sometimes known as Bennett Farm, in Durham, North Carolina was the site of the largest surrender of Confederate soldiers ending the American Civil War, on April 26, 1865.-History:...
  
  April 26. (Surrender of the Army of the Tennessee.)
• Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina until July.
• Mustered out July 14, 1865.

Battery lost during service 47 Enlisted men by disease.

External links

• 23rd Independent Battery NY Light Artillery