It was recruited in the counties of Niagara, Essex and Warren; organized at Albany, and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years December 6, 1861.
From December, 1862; in the district of Pamlico, Department of North Carolina, and in the district of North Carolina, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, from May, 1863; with the Cavalry Division, General Sherman's forces, from April 1, 1865.
July 14, 1865, the battery, commanded by Captain Samuel Kittinger, Jr., was honorably discharged and mustered out at Fort Porter, Buffalo, N. Y., having, during its service, lost by death of disease and other causes, 46 enlisted men.
The 23rd Independent Battery New York Light Artillery has been caught up in 19 battles in the civil war in November 1862.
The battery lost 46 Enlisted men by disease during service in the American Civil War.