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Battery I, 1st U.S. Light Artillery monument at Gettysburg Battlefield
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418:Lieutenant George Woodruff led the company at the
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310:during the siege of Vera Cruz and engaged at the
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737:It was at Black Creek, Tunstall Station, the
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242:1st Regiment of United States Artillery
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657:from September 6 to September 22, the
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188:Battle of Saint Mary's Church
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203:Battle of Boydton Plank Road
732:Battle of Trevilian Station
693:, from July 1 to July 3 in
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355:The battery was ordered to
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560:Detailed Civil War service
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413:Battle of Chancellorsville
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118:Battle of Savage's Station
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636:Battle of White Oak Swamp
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504:Department of the Pacific
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786:James Brewerton Ricketts
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706:Battle of the Wilderness
695:Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
673:Battle of Fredericksburg
614:Henrico County, Virginia
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578:First Battle of Bull Run
424:Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
218:Battle of Sailor's Creek
163:Battle of the Wilderness
138:Battle of Fredericksburg
93:First Battle of Bull Run
828:William Montrose Graham
719:It participated in the
704:It participated in the
671:It participated in the
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608:It participated in the
542:William Montrose Graham
527:Fort Hamilton, New York
431:Horse Artillery Brigade
198:Battle of Peebles' Farm
780:John Bankhead Magruder
616:from May 31 to June 1.
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592:Battle of Ball's Bluff
487:from 1870 to 1872; at
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308:John Bankhead Magruder
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128:Battle of Malvern Hill
98:Battle of Ball's Bluff
821:Alanson Merwin Randol
721:Battle of Cold Harbor
610:Battle of Seven Pines
585:Poolesville, Maryland
565:The battery moved to
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442:Battle of Cold Harbor
178:Battle of Cold Harbor
108:Battle of Seven Pines
808:Battle of Gettysburg
714:Battle of North Anna
687:Battle of Gettysburg
651:Alexandria, Virginia
630:It was stationed at
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520:Presidio, California
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420:Battle of Gettysburg
304:Mexican–American War
213:Battle of Five Forks
168:Battle of North Anna
148:Battle of Gettysburg
83:Mexican–American War
872:Dyer, Frederick H.
726:It participated in
642:on June 30, and at
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297:Second Seminole War
208:Appomattox Campaign
193:Siege of Petersburg
74:Second Seminole War
897:Dyer, Frederick H.
771:Notable Commanders
666:Falmouth, Virginia
659:Battle of Antietam
640:Battle of Glendale
621:Seven Days Battles
590:It engaged in the
574:Manassas, Virginia
401:Peninsula Campaign
397:Battle of Bull Run
377:American Civil War
375:attack during the
254:American Civil War
246:United States Army
133:Battle of Antietam
113:Seven Days Battles
87:American Civil War
60:United States Army
655:Maryland Campaign
632:The Peach Orchard
603:Siege of Yorktown
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393:James B. Ricketts
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