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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, The Tenth Massachusets Battery (search)
for 300,000 more volunteers and under this call the following special order was issued from the State House in Boston: Special order no. 614. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Headquarters, Boston, Aug. 12, 1862. Henry H. Granger is hereby authorized to raise a Battery of Light Artillery under U. S. Order No. 75, Battery soldier should. He is an excellent officer and a good artillerist. (Signed) E. R. Platt, Captain 2d Artillery, Comd'g Artillery Brigade. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Adjutant General's office. Boston, Sept. 9, 1862. Lieut. J. Henry Sleeper, Porter's Battery, Mass. Vols. Lieut.,—I am directed by His Excellency rt at once to these Head Quarters, where you will be ordered to take command of the new Battery. Respectfully Yours, (Signed) Wm. Schouler, Adjt. General of Mass. The non-commissioned officers, with the exception of the second corporals, were now appointed; and our daily drill was carried on with two six-pounders, with w
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 4: (search)
olonels Wilson and Davis, respectively. How are you, Boxford? was the greeting from the latter regiment as soon as we were recognized, and it seemed like meeting old friends to fall in with those who had been encamped with us on the soil of Massachusetts. We were now considered to be in the enemy's country, and great vigilance was thought necessary. On the second morning we were aroused at 4 o'clock, and turning out in the darkness, hastily harnessed, only to find when everything was read. All our tents and superfluous camp equipage were turned over to the quartermaster to be sent to the rear, our personal baggage reduced to the smallest possible limit, then stowed in our knapsacks, now not quite as distended as when we left Massachusetts. These were then strapped upon the pieces and caissons, and having at last received marching orders, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon of June 24, 1863, we bade adieu, most of us forever, to our old camp and the village of Poolsville. As we t
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 5: (search)
aid there are three thousand bodies buried. Other patches of green, less in extent, indicate still further the resting-places of the slain in this great battle. All these have since been exhumed and buried in the National Cemetery. On the hill at our right stands the Chapel, Known in history as the Dunker Church. whose battered walls, together with the many scarred trees near it, attest the severity of the conflict, and the efficacy of the shooting done, we are told, by the First Massachusetts and other batteries, to dislodge the enemy from this position. The scattered bones of horses that still lay bleaching were the only other witnesses left by the farmers to bear testimony to the indecisive contest of ten months previous. We make these observations while passing, for the army does not halt, but moves on, arriving soon after at the town of Sharpsburg, through which we pass and camp for the night about three miles beyond. This town, by whose name the Rebels designate the b
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 9: (search)
rs, and soon they came. At this time the question of forming a regimental organization of the light batteries from Massachusetts was under consideration. Had it been carried through it was expected that Captain Martin of the Third Battery would ction:— Headquarters Art'y, 3rd Army Corps, December 30, 1863. To His Excellency, John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts. Sir,—I learn, and hope correctly, that the independent Batteries of your state are to be organized as a regiment advantage to the service. I most cordially recommend him to the favorable notice of his Excellency the Governor of Massachusetts. [Signed] E. K. Platt, Capt. & U. S. Artillery Major and Judge Advocate, A. O. P. Art'y Head Quarters, Jan'y 1l, 3rd Army Corps. Headquarters 1st Div., 3rd Corps, Jan'y 7, 1864. To His Excellency, John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts. Governor,—I concur fully in all that the Chief of Artillery of this Corps, Col. Platt, and Generals Hunt and Fren<
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 10: (search)
as did some of the older soldiers, who had been scarred and battered in the months gone by. There was that about it which made all unwilling to be left behind. We wanted to have a part in the great campaign soon to begin. We wished to banish every trace of band-box from the Battery and make a record as famous as that of Ricketts' company from Pennsylvania. We had seen just fighting enough to believe our organization composed of men who lacked only the opportunity to show that neither Massachusetts nor any other state had sons who would contend more manfully in the cause. Gen. Meade's address to the army, informing them of the movement about to begin, enforcing the tremendous issues involved and urging to heroic sacrifices for country and home, was read at evening roll-call to a hushed audience who felt that for them those earnest words were weighty with meaning. Capt. Sleeper also addressed a few words to the men, stating the probable magnitude of the campaign before us, and im
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 16: (search)
rders. They came Saturday afternoon, September 24th, and in the evening we moved from camp up into the main trenches before Petersburg, relieving Battery D, Fourth Regulars, of the Tenth Corps. The same evening eight recruits arrived from Massachusetts. The light of morning revealed a novel and interesting sight We were in Battery XIV, For the information of the uninformed it may be stated that every fort in the Union line was named, and every part of the line constructed for the useonce more, another battery Eighth Ohio. appeared to relieve us, and we took our final leave of Battery XIV. Lieut. G. Fred Gould September 22, Sergeant G. Fred. Gould was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the 29th Unattached Co. of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and William E. Endicott as Second Lieutenant in the 30th Unattached Co.; but the latter did not accept his commission. He was a prisoner of war at the time but later declared his preference for the post of a cannoneer to th
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 17: (search)
lume. and our grief at his untimely end is tempered by the reflection that he met his fate where the true soldier ever wishes to die, leading his men against the foe. When lying in hospital, a valued friend in the service at City Point was sent for and remained by him while he could. After bidding this friend good-bye he called him back. Tell uncle, said he, I am not afraid to die. I was ready to obey my last order. His body was embalmed and brought home to his native town of Hardwick. Mass., to rest amid the scenes of his boyhood. Long will his memory be green in the hearts of his friends and townsmen. His surviving son, Louis E. Granger, is in his country's service on the staff of Brig. Gen. Ullman at Morganzia, Louisiana. M. C. A. In the death of Lieut. Smith the Battery lost a most efficient officer. He was a man of dauntless energy and decision of character, and whatever he undertook was sure of accomplishment. Although a rigid disciplinarian, there may truly be
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 18: (search)
greeably to Special Orders No. 1, Headquarters Tenth Mass. Battery, Privates James S. Bailey promoted sergeant and Corporal G. W. Blair, Gunner. Corporal W. B. Lemmon assigned to the Fifth Detachment. Private (?) L. Pierce * * * days furlough to Mass. Jan. 17. Private Moses Mercier returned to duty from Brig. Hospital. Private L. Ham reported to quarters. Jan. 18. Recruits John Riley, Daniel Keefe, Edwin A. Hill and James Gallagher joined the Battery. Private J. M. Ramsdell returned to tt reported to quarters. Notice received of the transfer to General Hospital from brigade of Privates F. A. Cook and Charles Fiske. March 17. First Lt. J. Webb Adams mustered out and re-mustered as Captain, agreeably to circular A. G. O., State of Mass. Private M. Orcutt reported to quarters. Two horses died; exhaustion. March 18. Second Lt. Milbrey Green and Private James Dwight returned from leave of absence and furlough. March 19. First Sergeant Geo. M. Townsend mustered out and m
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 19: (search)
ordered Capt. J. Webb Adams, Tenth Massachusetts Battery, and Lieut. Wm. B. Wescott, B, First Rhode Island Artillery, to report to Brig. Gen. Hays.—Report of Col. John G. Hazard. commanding Second Division, Second Corps, with the Tenth Massachusetts Battery and Battery B, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, both batteries having been placed under my command for the spring campaign, by order of Brevet Lieut. Col. Hazard, Chief of artillery of the Second Corps. Adjutant General's Report. Massachusetts, 1865, p. 748. In conformity with instructions issued from Gen. Grant's headquarters on the 24th, and thence promulgated, the Second Corps moved at 6 A. M. on the 29th, crossed Hatcher's Run, and took position covering the Vaughan Road, with its right resting within supporting distance of the Twenty-fourth Corps, which had taken the place of the Second Corps in the intrenchments. Report of Operations of Second Army Corps from March 29 to April 9, 1865. Our guns, ordered into posit
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 20: (search)
ew days orders were received to turn in the Battery at the Arsenal in Washington, which we did, taking our farewell of the 3-inch Parrotts, to which we had become much attached, and which we should have been only too glad to take along to old Massachusetts with us, had such a plan been practicable. The horses, poor service-worn brutes, were turned in with the rest of the government property, and some one curious in such matters discovered that, out of the one hundred and ten animals brought from Massachusetts in 1862, but a single horse remained. All the rest had fallen by bullet or disease. It also appears from the morning reports that the Battery had used up about 400 horses in all. Henceforward preparations went actively on for departure, and everybody seemed happy. We celebrated the last night in camp by a grand illumination, furnished forth by the residue of candles left in the quartermaster's stores, for which we had no further use, decking each tent with a number. Ord