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Eighth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery (Militia).
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Capt. Asa M. Cook.
| Officers. | Men. | Totals. |
| Number on rolls, | 6 | 148 | 154 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in battery, | – | 1 | 1 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within battery, | – | – | – |
| Totals, | – | 1 | 1 |
| Actual total of members of battery, | 6 | 147 | 153 |
| Killed and died of wounds, | – | 1 | 1 |
| Died by accident and disease, | – | 6 | 6 |
| Died in Confederate prison, | – | – | – |
| Total losses, | – | 7 | 7 |
| Casualties by Engagements. |
| 1862. |
| Sept. 14, South Mountain, Md., | – | 1 | 1 |
Active also at
Manassas, Va., and
Antietam, Md.
The 8th Battery was recruited by
Asa M. Cook in response to the call of the
President of the
United States for troops, May 26, 1862, and on June 25 it left
Boston for
Washington.
A serious railroad accident, in which 2 men and 13 horses belonging to the battery were killed, caused a delay of two days at
Trenton, N. J. Reaching the
Capitol, it encamped several weeks at Fairfax Seminary.
On August 11 it joined the 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, at
Falmouth, opposite
Fredericksburg, Va., and on August 17 was stationed seven miles south of
Culpeper, Va. Part of the battery was stationed at Barnett's Ford, Va., from August 20 to 23, one section being engaged in a skirmish near
Sulphur Springs, Va. It was engaged at the
battle of Manassas Aug. 30, 1862, and at
Chantilly, Va., September 1.
On September 14 it was engaged at
South Mountain, Md., losing 1 man killed and 4 wounded. At the
battle of Antietam,
Md., it was actively engaged during the day and evening of September 17 and until late in the afternoon of the 18th.
It was encamped near the mouth of
Antietam Creek until October 5, ordered then to
Washington, D. C., it remained there until October 21 when it advanced and joined its division at
Pleasant Valley, Va. On this march a detachment of the battery passing through
Hyattstown, Md., surprised and captured a party of Confederate cavalry with recruits and horses.
It engaged on the march through
Virginia from October 26 to November 11, encamping during the time at
Lovettsville,
Waterford,
Philomont,
Rectortown,
Orleans and
Waterloo, remaining at the latter camp until it was ordered to
Washington where it was mustered out, its term of service having expired, and left for
Massachusetts Nov. 29, 1862.
