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Seventh Battery Light Artillery (G)

Organized at Augusta and mustered in December 30, 1863. Left State for Washington, D.C., February 1, 1864. Duty at Camp Barry till April 25. Attached to 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE -- Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May 3-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21; North Anna May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Pegram's Farm October 2. Garrison, Fort Welsh, till November 30, and Fort Sedgwick (Fort Hell) and Battery 21 till April 3, 1865. Assault on and capture of Petersburg April. 2-3. Pursuit of Lee April 4-9. At Farmville April 10-20. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 20-28, and camp near Fairfax Seminary to June 5. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Augusta, Me., June 5-8, and mustered out June 21, 1865.

Battery lost during service 13 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 27 Enlisted men by disease. Total 40.

from "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer, 1908