BATTERY D, LIGHT ARTILLERY.

ATTERY D, Maryland Light Artillery, was organized at Baltimore,
Md., November 29, 1864, to serve three years. It was mustered
out of service June 24,1865, by reason of close of the war and by
order of the War Department.

The duties performed by this battery consisted of garrison duty
in the defenses of Washington, D. C., more particularly in Forts
Tillinghast, Lyon, Willard, Richardson, Ward, Barnard, C. F.
Smith and Whipple.
It was not brought into action and suffered no casualties.