Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery

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Active21 Sept. 1861 – 13 June 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnited States Union
 Pennsylvania
Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Active21 Sept. 1861 – 13 June 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnited States Union
 Pennsylvania
BranchUnion Army
TypeField Artillery
SizeArtillery Battery
EquipmentSix 10-pounder Parrott rifles (1862)
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
George W. Durell

Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit organized on 21 September 1861 and served until 13 June 1865. The battery participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg in 1862. The following year, Battery D transferred to the Western theater where it took part in the Siege of Vicksburg and other operations. The years 1864–65 saw the unit fight at the first Petersburg assault, the Crater, Ream's Station, Battle of Peebles's Farm, Fort Stedman, and the final Petersburg assault. Battery D took part in the Grand Review of the Armies before being mustered out.

Organized at Doylestown and mustered on September 24, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., November 5, 1861. Attached to McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. King's 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. Army of the Ohio to June, 1863, and Army of the Tennessee to August, 1863. Covington, Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865.

Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 2 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 21 Enlisted men by disease. Total 24.

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