The battery was organized at Albany, New York and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 8, 1862, under the command of Captain Albert A.
The battery was attached to James S. Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, to August 1862.
Whipple's Brigade, Defenses of Washington, to November 1862.
Artillery Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863.
4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863.
3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to July 1863.
Attached to Battery K, 1st New York Light Artillery, to December 1863.
2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to April 1864.
Artillery Brigade, II Corps, May 16 to August 1864.
The 11th New York Light Artillery mustered out of service on June 13, 1865.
John Pope Campaign in northern Virginia August 25-September 2.
Demonstration on north side of the James River July 27–29.