Battery L, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery

Battery L, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery was a heavy artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service
The Battery L, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery was initially organized in Providence, Rhode Island March 17, 1862 and joined the regiment at Hilton Head, South Carolina.

The battery was attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Department of the South, to July 1862. District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, Department of the South, to September 1862. District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, X Corps, Department of the South, to December 1863. Fort Pulaski, Georgia, District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, Department of the South, to September 1864. Morris Island, South Carolina, 1st Separate Brigade, Department of the South, to March 1865.

In March 1865, members of Battery L, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery were transferred to other companies and the battery ceased to exist.

Detailed service
Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., until December 1863. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C., October 21-23, 1862. Actions at Gaston's and Frampton's Plantations and at Coosawhatchie October 22. Moved to Fort Pulaski, Ga., December 5, 1863 and duty there until September 1864. Moved to Morris Island, S.C., and participated in siege operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston until March 1865.

Casualties
Individual battery losses are not available, but the regiment's losses (all 12 batteries) are reported as a total of 135 men during service; 2 officers and 39 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 90 enlisted men died of disease.

Regiment

 * Colonel Nathaniel W. Brown
 * Colonel Edwin Metcalf
 * Colonel Charles R. Brayton
 * Lieutenant Colonel William Ames