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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Second regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. (search)
62. Co. A, the first company formed, being raised in California by Capt. J. Sewell Read in November and December, and mustered into service at San Francisco, Cal., on December 10; it reached Boston January 3, and was counted on the quota of that city. A detachment of five companies, mustered in at Readville, Mass., at varying dates in January and February, 1863, left Massachusetts Feb. 12, 1863, under command of Maj. Caspar Crowninshield, and went into camp at Gloucester Point, opposite Yorktown, Va. The remaining companies of the regiment, California furnishing four of these, were organized and mustered into service from February to May, 1863, under Col. Charles Russell Lowell, and, leaving Readville May 11, encamped near Washington, moving camp on June 23 to Poolesville, Md. On August 6 the detachment at Gloucester Point joined the main body at Centreville, Va., and the regiment was united with the 13th and 16th N. Y. Cavalries to form a brigade, with Colonel Lowell as brigade comm
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., First battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
Va., 4 wounded; Fisher's Hill, Va., 1 wounded. The First Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery was recruited in Boston during August of 1861, largely from the old Boston Light Artillery, or Cook's Battery, Maj. Asa M. Cook, which was mustered into the U. S. service May 18, 1861, and was the only Massachusetts battery serving under the first call for troops. The First Battery left the State Oct 3, 1861, spent the winter of 1861-62 in camp about Washington, was present at the siege of Yorktown, Va., and at West Point. It entered the Peninsular campaign as part of the 1st Division, 6th Corps, and took part in the battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mill, Va.; it was active also at Glendale and Malvern Hill, Va.; engaged in the march to Fredericksburg, Va., in November and in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. The battery was in camp at White Oak Church, Va., during the winter of 1863; engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, Gettysburg, Pa., July 3,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Third battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
setts Light Artillery. （1) Capt. Dexter H. Follett. （2) Capt. Augustus P. Martin. Officers.Men.Totals. Number on rolls,11250261 Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in battery,–66 Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within battery,––– Totals,–66 Actual total of members of battery,11244255 Killed and died of wounds,11112 Died by accident and disease,–1111 Died in Confederate prisons,––– Total losses,12223 Casualties by Engagements. 1862. April 5, Yorktown, Va.,–22 May 27, Hanover Court House Va.,–11 June 28, Gaines's Mill, Va.,112 Place unknown,–1– 1864. May 11, Laurel Hill, Va.,–22 1864. June 3, Shady Grove Church, Va.,–11 June 20, Petersburg, Va.,–11 July –, Before Petersburg,Va.,–11 Aug. 18, Weldon Railroad, Va.,–11 Totals,11112 Active also at Malvern Hill, Va.; Antietam, Md., Blackford's Ford, Va., Sept. 20, 1862; Gettysburg, Pa., 6 wounded; Wilderness, Va.; North Anna, Va., 2 wounded.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fifth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
Gaines' Mill, Va.,–22 Dec. 13, Fredericksburg, Va.,–11 1863. July 3, Gettysburg, Pa.,–55 1864. May 12, Spotsylvania, Va.,–11 June 2-3, Bethesda Church, Va.,–22 June 8, Cold Harbor, Va.,–33 June 18, Petersburg, Va.,112 Active also at Yorktown (Howard's Mills), Va., April 2, 1864; Malvern Hill, Va., 2 wounded; Manassas, Va., one wounded, serving with the 4th R. I.; Wilderness, Va.; Fall of Petersburg, Va., 4 wounded. Present, not active at Hanover Court House, Va., May 27, 1862; No 10, it remained there until December 25 when it went to Washington, D. C., and on February 13 moved to Hall's Hill, Va., and encamped there during the remainder of the winter. On the 4th of April it went forward to take part in the siege of Yorktown, Va., and was engaged on that day at Howard's Mills. It remained encamped in the vicinity until the evacuation of the town. It was next engaged at the battle of Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862, and at Malvern Hill, July 1. After this, for
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Seventh battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
f the United States May 21, 1861, and sailed for Fortress Monroe May 22. It remained on provost duty at the fortress, its captain, Phineas A. Davis, being provost marshal until Dec. 25, 1861, when it was detailed on light artillery duty, and on March 17, 1862, the organization became the 7th Massachusetts Battery. It engaged, acting as infantry, in the advance on Norfolk, Va., May 10, 1862. On June 19, 1862, fully equipped as a battery, it went into camp at Newport News, moved to camp at Yorktown July 25, and on Sept. 29, 1862, marched to Suffolk, Va., and remained in camp there during the autumn, engaging in slight skirmishes from time to time. On Jan. 30, 1863, the battery engaged in action at Deserted House, Va. It was engaged at Franklin March 17, 1863. During the investment of Suffolk, Va., April 11 to May 3, the battery was present and was engaged on April 12, 14 and 15. On May 3 it took part in an action on the Providence Church Road; was engaged in an expedition to Carsvi
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., First regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
ve at Washington. Having left Massachusetts June 15, it encamped at Georgetown until the battle of Blackburn's Ford, in which it took a most active part. In August the regiment became part of General Hooker's Brigade, and was encamped at Bladensburg and afterwards at Budd's Ferry, Va., until the spring of 1862, when, as part of General Grover's Brigade, General Hooker's division 3d Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, the regiment moved to the Peninsula and was engaged on April 26 in front of Yorktown. After the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, the regiment marched to White Oak Swamp and encamped until June 25, when it engaged in the battle of Fair Oaks, just before the seven-days battles, in which the regiment took active part. At the close of the campaign the regiment encamped at Harrison's Landing, until with its division it joined General Pope's army at Warrenton, Va., and went into action at Bristoe Station August 27, and suffered loss at the battle of Manassas August 29. Returning
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., First regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
or disease,— Officers,1––––––––––––1 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.1–4845372496255 Totals,–––––––––––––56 Died as prisoners,— Officers,–––––––––––––– Enlisted men,––––––3––211–7 Total losses,— Officers,27–––––––––––9 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.1–181613161218142417192170 Totals,–––––––––––––179 Casualties by Engagements. 1861. July 18, Blackburn's Ford, Va.,–1––––––561––13 July 21, Bull Run, Va,–1–––––––––––1 1862. April 26, Yorktown, Va.,–––––––––4–––4 May 5, Williamsburg, Va.,––31–211––2––10 June 25, Fair Oaks or Oak Grove, Va.––2––13–1––5–12 June 30, Glendale, Va.,113–13––4–15–19 Aug. 29, Manassas or Bull Run, 2d, Va.–1–211–4–42––15 Dec. 13, 14, Frederic
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Seventh regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
on, Mass., June 15, 1861. It left the State for Washington July 12, and remained engaged in its defences for nearly a year. On March 25, 1862, it left camp for Fortress Monroe to engage in the Peninsular campaign. It took part in the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and Oak Grove, engaging afterwards in the seven days retreat. Remaining at Harrison's Landing until August 16 it moved then to Yorktown, and on August 31 arrived at Alexandria, on the way to join GenerYorktown, and on August 31 arrived at Alexandria, on the way to join General Pope's forces in Virginia, uniting with them at Chain Bridge, Va., September 3. It took part in the movement against South Mountain and Antietam, and was actively engaged at Fredericksburg December 13, going afterwards into winter quarters near White Oak Church, and engaging with the rest of the army in the mud march of January, 1863. At Chancellorsville, as part of General Sedgwick's division, the regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Harlow, led the assault on Marye's Heights May 3, its colo
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Ninth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
colors. Its members were recruited from all parts of the State; and encamping at Long Island, Boston Harbor, through May and part of June, it was mustered into service June 11, 1861, and left the State for Washington June 25. The regiment encamped at Arlington Heights until October, moving then to Miner's Hill, Va., where it remained during the winter of 1861-62. On March 21, 1862, it embarked for Fortress Monroe to engage in the Peninsular Campaign, and took active part in the siege of Yorktown. After the evacuation of the city the regiment moved, by the way of West Point and Cumberland, to White House, Va., and on May 25 encamped at Gaines's Mill, taking part in the battle of Hanover Court House, Va., May 27. Returning, it remained in camp afterward until June 26 when it took part in the battle of Mechanicsville; returning on the next day to Gaines's Mill to meet, in the engagement there, on June 27, the greatest loss suffered during its service; it took part, with loss also, a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Ninth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
Totals,–––––––––––––57 Died as prisoners,— Officers,–––––––––––––– Enlisted men,––112–34–11––13 Total losses,— Officers,216–––––––––––18 Enlisted men,––31251924292029212621–245 Totals,–––––––––––––263 Casualties by Engagements. 1861. Place unknown,––––––1––––––1 1862. May 27, Hanover Court House, Va.––––––––1––––1 June 26, Mechanicsville, Va.,–––1–––––––––1 June 27, Gaines's Mill, Va.,–612979755876–81 July 1, Malvern Hill, Va.,125334223113–30 Dec. 13, Fredericksburg, Va.,––––––1––1-–––2 Place unknown,––––––1–1––1–3 1863. July 1-3, Gettysburg, Pa.,–––1–––––––1–2 Place unknown,–––––––11––1–3 1864. May 5-8, Wilderness, Va.,–518333–4156–39 May 8-19, Spotsylvania (Laurel Hill), Va–15–215–4132–
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