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Seventh battery Massachusetts Light Artillery.
（1)
Capt. Phineas Alonzo Davis,
Bvt. Col. U. S Vols.
（2)
Capt. Newman W. Storer.
| Officers. | Men. | Totals. |
| Number on rolls, | 13 | 349 | 362 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in battery, | – | 10 | 10 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within battery, | – | – | – |
| Totals, | – | 10 | 10 |
| Actual total of members of battery, | 13 | 339 | 352 |
| Killed and died of wounds, | – | 5 | 5 |
| Died by accident and disease, | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| Died in Confederate prison, | – | – | – |
| Total losses, | 1 | 35 | 36 |
| Casualties by Engagements. |
| 1863. |
| Jan. 30, Deserted House, Va., | – | 4 | 4 |
| 1865. |
| April 9, Fort Blakely, Ala., | – | 1 | 1 |
The 7th Battery, organized as an infantry company, was among the number of those which first left the
State.
It was recruited in
Lowell, Mass., was mustered into the service of 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
Carsville May 13 to 21, one section under
Lieutenant Farrar being engaged at Holland's House.
On July 4, 1863, the battery was engaged at
South Anna River; moved to
Fortress Monroe and on to
Washington, going into camp there July 22; on duty at New York city from August 21 to Sept. 11, 1863; returning then to
Washington it was stationed at Camp Barry, D. C., until Jan. 24, 1864.
On January 24 it left the camp for New Orleans, moving then to
Algiers and afterward to
Alexandria; one section was stationed at
Pineville.
A portion of the battery engaged in an expedition against guerillas May 4, 1864; reunited and forming part of the 2d Division, 19th Army Corps, it was on the march to Morganza Bend on the
Mississippi from May 11 to 22, being engaged near
Mansura, La., May 16.
The battery was encamped at
Morganza, moving at one time to
St. Charles, Ark., until October 23, when two sections changed camp to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., one section moving again to
St. Charles.
On January 15 the battery went to Kennerville, La. On March 18 it joined the 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to take part in the operations against
Mobile; it was on the march until March 27 when it engaged in action at
Spanish Fort; from this time until April 8, when it was ordered to
Fort Blakely, it was engaged a part of every day in action at the
Fort, and on April 9 it engaged in the assault on
Fort Blakely.
On April 20 it embarked on an expedition up the
Mobile and
Alabama rivers; encamped near
Mobile, Ala., May 16, and reached
Galveston, Tex., July 3, moving July 9 to
Houston, Tex. On October 1 arrangements were made for the return to
Massachusetts, and on October 14 the battery sailed from New Orleans for New York.
It reached
Boston November 3 and was mustered out at
Gallop's Island, Nov. 10, 1865.
Present also at
South Quay, Somerton, Providence Church Road, Holland's House,
Mansura and the siege of
Mobile.
