5th Battalion of Artillery (Heavy)
Civil War
Second Battalion, Black River Artillery

History
The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 5th ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912.

Received its numerical designation: September 16, 1862
Disbanded: December 31, 1862. Men transferred to the 10th regiment of artillery.

This battalion, four companies, A, B, C and D, was organized at Sackett's Harbor; received its numerical designation September 16, 1862; was ordered to the front September 17, 1862, and served near Washington, D. C. December 31, 1862, it was discontinued and its companies transferred to the 10th Artillery as Companies A, G, C and F, respectively.

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