The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

First Brigade, Second Division

Captain C Griffin,

Captain C Griffin, commanding Light Company D, Fifth United States Artillery

Light Company D, Fifth United States Artillery

CAPTAIN C GRIFFIN

First Section: FIRST LT. A AMES
Two 10 pounder Parrott Rifles, M1861
Second Section: SECOND LT. C B HAZLETT
Two 10 pounder Parrott Rifles, M1861
Third Section: SECOND LT. H C HASBROUK
Two 12 pounder Field Howitzers, M1841

Sources

Biographical Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, N. Y., from its establishment, 16 March, 1802 to the army reorganisation of 1866–67, by Bvt. Major General George W Cullum, Colonel, Corps of Enginers, U. S. Army

Notes

On 4 May, 1861, in conformity with the proclamation of the President, a new regiment of 12 companies was added to the artillery arm of service and became known as the Fifth United States Artillery. Differing in organisation from the older regiments, the new one comprised only field companies, being in this regard the first entire regiment so equipped in the Regular Army. Orders No.3, Headquarters Military Academy, 7 January 1861, directed First Lieutenant C Griffin, Tactical Department, to organise a light company of four pieces. Men were transferred from dragoon and artillery detachments to make the seventy man company. On 18 January, 1861, the company left the West Point Military Academy for Washington D. C. and was assigned as Light Company D, 5th US Artillery on 4 July, 1861. First Lieutenant C Griffin was promoted to captain, 2nd United States Artillery, on 25 April, 1861, and transferred to the 5th United States Artillery on 14 May, 1861.

On 10 June, 1861, Second Lieutenant H C Hasbrouk, under the commmand of First Lieutenant A Piper, 3rd United States Artillery, with a section of two 12 pounder field howitzers, was attached to Colonel C P Stone's command which left Washington D. C. for Rockville, Maryland (See the Rockville Expedition, 10 June–7 July, 1861).

On 29 July, 1861, Light Company G, 1st United States Artillery, under the command of First Lieutenant J Edwards, and Light Company D, 5th United States Artillery, were on garisson duty at Fort Albany.

Light Company A was organised in July 1861 and on duty in the defenses of Washington D. C. until March 1862; Light Company B was organised in November 1862; Light Company C was organised in September 1861 and on duty in the defenses of Washington D. C. until April 1862; Light Company E was organised in May 1862; Light Company F was organised in September 1861 and on duty in the defenses of Washington D. C. until March 1862; Light Company G was organised in June 1862; Light Company H was organised in September 1861 and went to Louisville, Kentucky, in November 1861; Light Company I was organised in September 1861 and on duty in the defenses of Washington D. C. until March 1862; Light Company K was organised in September 1861 and on duty in the defenses of Washington D. C. until March 1861; Light Company L was organised in October 1862; Light Company M was organised in November 1861.

The Military District of the Potomac was established on 25 July, 1861 by consolidating the Military District of Washington and the Department of Northeastern Virginia and redesignated the Department of the Potomac on 15 August, 1861. The Light Company D, 5th United States Artillery, was assigned toBrigadier General W F Smith's brigade, Army of the Potomac, in August 1861.

Report

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.38: Series I, Volume 2 (S# 2), Chapter IX, pp. 394
Captain C Griffin, Fifth United States Artillery