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nded. On the 19th of June, the Fifty-third was ordered to the front in support of a battery, where it remained till the surrender of Port Hudson, July 9. It was then ordered on picket duty five miles from Port Hudson, when it marched with the brigade to Baton Rouge. On the 15th, it embarked for Donaldsville and remained in camp, engaged in drill and picket duty until Aug. 2, when it returned to Baton Rouge, and, on the 12th, was ordered to Massachusetts, via Cairo. It arrived at Cairo Aug. 19, and at Fitchburg, Mass., the 24th, where, after a public reception, it was furloughed one week, and mustered out of service Sept. 2, by Captain I. R. Lawrence. There was but one light battery raised for the nine months service. It was recruited by Major Edward J. Jones, of Boston, in a very short time, at Readville Camp, without expense to the Commonwealth. Major Jones was commissioned captain. It was mustered into service Aug. 25, 1862, at Readville, where it remained until Oct.