History

Organized as Battery "B", 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 24th Battery February 11, 1863, having served as such provisionally from October 19, 1862. Attached to Artillery Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, to January 1863. 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 the Albemarle, Dept. of North Carolina, to July 1863, and Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina to February 1864. District of Plymouth, N. C., to April 1864.

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
  Battle of Plymouth (1864)
  The Battle of Plymouth was an engagement during the American Civil War that was fought from April 17 through April 20, 1864, in Washington County, North Carolina.-Battle:...
  
  , 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.

External links

• 24rd Independent Battery NY Light Artillery