2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E

2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E
2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E
	Gun crew from the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment practices with a 20-pounder Parrott rifle. 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E was armed with the same weapons from Antietam through Fort Sanders.
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Battery
Equipment	2 x 14-pounder James rifles and; 2 x M1841 6-pounder field guns (1861); 6 x 20-pounder Parrott rifles (Mar 1862); 4 x 20-pounder Parrott rifles (Sept 1862)
Engagements	American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run (1861); Siege of Yorktown (1862); Seven Days Battles (1862); Second Battle of Bull Run (1862); Battle of Chantilly (1862); Battle of Antietam (1862); Battle of Fredericksburg (1862); Siege of Vicksburg (1863); Knoxville campaign (1863); Battle of Campbell's Station (1863); Battle of Fort Sanders (1863); Battle of the Wilderness (1864); Battle of Spotsylvania (1864); Battle of Totopotomoy Creek (1864); Battle of Cold Harbor (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Samuel Nicholl Benjamin

The 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit fought at the battles of First Bull Run in 1861 and Yorktown, the Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, and Fredericksburg in 1862. The following year, Battery E moved to the Western Theater where it served at Vicksburg and Knoxville. In 1864, the unit transferred back to the Eastern Theater where it fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Totopotomoy, and Cold Harbor. For the rest of the war, it became part of the Washington D.C. garrison.

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