The 3rd New York Light Artillery Regiment of the Union Army was originally mustered as the 19th New York Infantry Regiment at Elmira, New York on May 22, 1861. The regiment was enlisted on two year enlistment papers after an initial error of a three month enlistement. The 19th Infantry left New York in June under Col. John S. Clark but by December had been reformed as the 3rd New York Light Artillery under Col. James H. Ledlie.
As the 19th Infantry, it served near Washington. D. C, in June to December 1861. After becoming an artillery regiment, the batteries were scattered to various divisions, corps and departments across the east coast from the Carolinas to Washington, DC as the needs of the war required. In December of 1862, Col. Ledlie was promoted to brigadier general in command of the Artillery Brigade of the Department of North Carolina and Col. Charles H. Stewart (his deputy) was promoted to Colonel and took command until the unit was mustered out in 1865.
Subordinate batteries 3rd New York Light Artillery Regiment Batteries
Battery A - (Auburn, NY) Captain John T. Baker 1861-1863. Battery A - Captain Samuel P. Russell 1864-1865 Battery B - (Auburn, NY) Captain Terrence J. Kennedy 1861-1862 Battery B - (New York City) Captain Joseph J. Morrison 1862-1865 Battery C - (Seneca Falls) Captain James E. Ashcroft 1861-1863 Battery C - (Utica) Captain W E Mercer 1863-1865 (XVIII and XXIII Corps) Battery D - (Auburn, NY) Captain Owen Gavigan 1861-1863 Battery D - (Syracuse) Captain Stephen Van Heusen 1864-1865 Battery E - (Auburn) Captain Theodore H. Schenck 1861-1863 (XVIII and X Corps) Battery E - Captain George E. Ashby 1863-1865 Battery F - (Moravia, NY) Captain Nelson T. Stephens 1861-1862 Battery F - (Syracuse) Captain Edwin S. Jenney 1862-1865 (XVIII and X Corps) Battery G - (Auburn) Captain Chas H. Stewart 1861-1863 (XVIII Corps) Battery G - (Syracuse) Captain David L. Aberdeen 1864-1865 (XVIII, Department of Virginia and XXIII Corps) Battery H - (Weedsport, NY) Captain Solomon Giles 1861 Battery H - (Rome, NY) Captain William J. Riggs 1862-1865 Battery I - (Auburn) Captain John H. Ammon 1861-1863 Battery I - Captain unknown 1863-1865 (XVIII and XXIII Corps) Battery K - (Union Springs, NY) Captain James R. Angel 1861 Battery K - (Auburn) Captain James R. Angel 1861-1864 (XVIII Corps) Battery L - 1st Independent New York Artillery Battery never joined the regiment Battery M - (Albany) Captain James V. White 1862-1865 (XVIII, Army of the James and XXIII Corps)
3rd Field Artillery Regiment
The current US Army 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, while formed in 1907, traces its lineage back to the artillery regiments of New York and is credited for campaign streamers including Petersburg, Cold Harbor and the Peninsular Campaigns.
See also List of New York units in the American Civil War
References
External links 3rd New York Light Artillery Regiment Unit Roster 3rd New York Light Artillery Regiment Battle and Casualty List Original organization of 19th New York Infantry Regiment