The battery was organized on January 7, 1861, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and was known as the "West Point Battery".
It was initially commanded by Lt. Charles Griffin, with four guns and 70 men, and left West Point on January 31, 1861.
The battery fought in the first battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861.
[1] The battery was attached to Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, October 1861 to March 1862.
Artillery, 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862.
Artillery, 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863.
Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., XXII Corps, to March 1864.
Consolidated with Battery "G", 5th U.S. Light Artillery, November 1864.
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.
Department of Washington, XXII Corps, to October 1865.
Moved to Fort Monroe, then to Alexandria August 16–23.
Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29–30.
Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads and Lewis' Farm March 29.