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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., Fifth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
nd at Malvern Hill, July 1. After this, for a time, owing to loss of guns and horses, the men were attached to other batteries of the division, but in October the battery was reunited and joined the 1st division, 5th Army Corps, at Sharpsburg, Md. It encamped at Warrenton, Va, Nov. 9, 1862, and afterward made its head. quarters in the vicinity of Stoneman's Switch for the winter. In May, 1863, it was present at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., and it was engaged at Gettysburg July 2 and 3. After this battle the battery was on the march to Beverly Ford on the Rappahannock, and on November 7 it took part in the engagement at Rappahannock Station, Va., being engaged also at New Hope Church November 27. From Dec. 6, 1863, to May 1, 1864, the battery occupied winter quarters at Rappahannock Station. On May 5 it entered into action in the Wilderness, Va., being engaged at Spotsylvania May 12, and having made frequent changes of position with slight engagements during May, on June