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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Introduction (search)
y some years since made but slight use of this book. The lapse of time has shown the survivors of the Battery that this omission on the part of their historian was a mistake; that many of them could have been materially aided in establishing their claims for a pension had these records been available, and that other historical material omitted should have found place in the volume. Acting on this idea at the last meeting of the Battery Association a committee was chosen, consisting of John D. Billings, Maj. Milbrey Green and Lieut. Charles E. Pierce and given full power to print the contents of the Morning Report Book with such other valuable historical material as seemed desirable. That committee, after careful deliberation, decided it to be the part of wisdom to publish these Morning Reports, adding to them the history written many years ago carefully revised and corrected with its roster made accurate and complete. The committee also voted to include in the volume such portrai
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 4: (search)
May 7. Packard reported for duty. Hunt reported for quarters. Received notice of the discharge of Wm. H. Martin, April 22, 1863. May 9. Colbath reported to quarters. May 10. Pierce (?) and Colbath reported for stable duty. May 12. Billings reported for quarters. One horse shot per order Capt. Sleeper; disease glanders. Capt. Sleeper returned from Washington. Redfield returned from furlough. Chase reported for stable duty. May 13. Billings reported for duty. One horse diedBillings reported for duty. One horse died; disease lung fever. Lieut. Adams started for Washington on 48 hours furlough. May 14. Fifteen horses condemned (11 shot, 4 turned in) per order Col. A. B. Jewett commanding brigade. May 15. Samuel Abbott (Abell)? having been discharged is dropped from the roll. Lieut. Adams returned. May 17. Leroy E. Hunt returned to duty. May 19. Received notice of the discharge of Joseph Brooks on the 11th inst. for disability. May 20. Received notice of the discharge of John Norton on th
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 15: (search)
or all losses save that of companions in arms. Had the men known the number pitted against them they would have felt even more jubilant. But now our occupation was gone for a season. We were without guns and had but few horses, so we lay at ease in camp in rear of the army, having no fear of orderlies or their orders, and utterly indifferent to all rumors of impending movements. Lest it may be thought by the casual reader that the historian has been too partial to his old com- John D. Billings mand, let one of the enemy tell the story as he saw it acted. May 10, 1890, the Hon. Charles M. Stedman of Wilmington, N. C., delivered a Memorial Day address on the life and character of Gen. William MacRae. It will be remembered that MacRae's brigade formed a part of the charging body, and incidentally the orator gives a sketch of the battle of Reams Station. Toward the conclusion he says: In truth the Federal infantry did not show the determination which had generally marked
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 18: (search)
spital. Sergeant G. M. Townsend promoted First Sergeant. Corporals Parker and Currant promoted sergeants. Private Allard promoted sergeant. Privates Goldsmith, John E. Mugford (?), O. F. Glidden (?), W. E. Endicott (?), Ellis (?) and Carr (?) promoted corporals (?). Private Estee Lance Corporal to date from Dec. 1. [The above record is a sad jumble of fact and fancy. Mugford, Glidden, Endicott, Ellis (whoever this may mean) and Carr were notpromoted. Estee, Leverett Pierce and John D. Billings were made Lance corporals.] Nov. 4. Privates William Allen and Thomas Smith returned to duty from general hospital. Nov. 6. Notice received of Corp. G. A. Smith and privates Wm. Rawson, Thos. Cusick, G. W. Stetson, L. W. Adams and J. P. Brown being at Camp Parole, Md., as paroled prisoners. Nov. 7. Notice received of private C. D. Thompson at hospital, Annapolis, Md. Nov. 8. Four horses turned over to Capt. Strang by order of Lieut. E. L. Smith Battery K, 4th U. S. Art'y,
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 19: (search)
agerly forward, as if with joyful anticipation. Not long after this all hands were ordered to the front, which surely indicated that in that direction there had ceased to be the usual danger, and the story soon reached us that all hostilities had ceased, and that our advance guard were walking side by side with the rear guard of the Johnnies. Our faith was beginning to wax. Truly something was up, and it was beginning to dawn upon us, doubting souls! that the fighting was over. It John D. Billings. 1865 could, not be, and yet every moment strengthened that opinion. Now officers and orderlies began to come from the front. They had Zzz$mi the Rebel army. It had stacked arms pending the terms of surrender. How the men chaffed each other between their hopes and fears, passing the long, anxious moments until all should be solved beyond doubt! At last the suspense was brought to an end. A wave of motion made by swaying bodies and uplifted hands swinging or throwing caps and hat
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 20: (search)
on. May 14. One horse died of exhaustion. May 16. Private Waldo Pierce transferred to Invalid Corps. Serg't A. B. Parker and Privates Nesbitt, Gowell, Fales, Putnam, Handlin returned from hospital. Corporal Estee and Privates Wilson and Burroughs went to Alexandria and (got)? our ammunition chests. May 18. One horse died—worn out, May 19. Two spare caissons turned in to the Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C., with all equipments and ordnance belonging to it (them)? Corporal J. D. Billings and Private J. M. Ramsdell reported to quarters. Two horses died of exhaustion. May 20. One horse died of farcy. May 23. Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac. May 26. Private T. W. Strand's horse taken up on Report Book. May 27. One horse died—worn out. May 29. Privates J. P. Brown and T. Elworth returned to duty from the train. May 31. Turned over the Battery to the Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C. Horses, (84) to Quarter M. Department. Privates North
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Appendix. (search)
due time we reached Annapolis, and there several of us were detailed for duty under Capt. Davis, who had charge of College Green Barracks. I remained there several months, and when the general exchange was declared, and the prisoners who had been twelve or eighteen months in Salisbury and Andersonville arrived, I saw sights which made me feel as if I had no right to say that I had ever been a prisoner at all. Extracts from a Diary of a visit to old camps and Battlefields in 1888 by John D. Billings. Boydton Plank Road. With the morning's dawn I settled my bill at Hotel Gary in Petersburg and at 8 o'clock took seat in an open carriage and set out on a day's campaign. A pair of high-stepping grays took me along at a lively pace to the Boydton Plank Road and down that historic thoroughfare we proceeded. I had instructed the driver not to tell me when we arrived at Burgess' Mill, wishing to test the accuracy of my recollection. But when he drew up at Burgess' barn and asked me
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, The Tenth Massachusetts Battery Association (search)
rade Augustus C. White, No. 2 Bowdoin Street, Boston, Oct. 24, 1866, and one or two supplementary ones for perfecting the organization at the rooms of the First Massachusetts Infantry Association, corner of Essex and Washington streets; for various reasons they proved only partial successes. But Feb. 4, 1879, in answer to a call issued by a self-constituted committee consisting of comrades George M. Townsend, Charles E. Pierce, William E. Endicott, G Fred. Gould, Joseph H. Currant, and John D. Billings, forty-four comrades met at Young's Hotel, Boston, and formed the present Association. Soon after 7 o'clock the assembly was called to order by Comrade Pierce, who briefly stated the object of the gathering. Comrade William E. Endicott was chosen temporary chairman. A committee was appointed, who reported the following, which was unanimously adopted by the Association as its Constitution and by-laws. Preamble. We, honorably discharged members of the Tenth Massachusetts B
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Mortuary list to date , 1909 (search)
893 Ashcroft, EliasFeb. 13, 1905 Amsden, Charles W.Dec. 30, 1905 Bickford, William H.July 5, 1864 Barnes, Hosea O.May 30, 1864 Bailey, James S., Jr,Jan. 7, 1873 Bailey, John W.Sept. 29, 1874 Bradley, John——, 1886 Barker, Cornelius N.Jan. 21, 1864 Brooks, JosephAug. 13, 1872 Brown, Orrin P.——, 1882 Baxter, John P.Feb. 16, 1880 Brown, John PerrySept. 5, 1885 Bemis, RoswellJan. 18, 1888 Blaney, William T.Feb. 16, 1892 Beals, Horace B.April 1, 1889 Bruce, Charles E.Aug. 6, 1890 Billings, Alfred C.Dec. 9, 1893 Bacon, Amasa D.Nov. 4, 1902 Butterfield, Norman H.——, 1905 Browning, James W.Mar. 28, 1907 Childs, Jonathan E.Nov. 15, 1862 Chase, HarrisonSept. 6, 1867 Clark, George L.April 8, 1868 Colbath, Charles G.Dec. 13, 1883 Cross, JosephApril 1, 1893 Crawford, RobertOct. 25, 1894 Cranston, George T.——, 1894 Carter, Theodore A.——, 1898 Chase, Charles L.Nov. 23, 1899 Chase, Frank A.June 15, 1908 Clark, Burnham C.Nov. 21, 1900 Carr, PatrickDec. 10,
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
, 380. Baxter, John F., 83, 147, 148, 198, 199, 208, 209, 210, 303, 305, 398, 399. Beal, Horace B., 86, 202, 206, 409. Bealeton, 126, 132. Beck, Tobias, 23, 39, 255, 349, 404. Belle Isle, 110. Belle Plain, 132. Bemis, H. N., 350, 351. Roswell, 48, 349. Benson's Hill, 70, 71. Benson, Surgeon, 150, 152, 153, 183, 201, 202, 204. Berdan's Sharpshooters, 160, 177. Bermuda Hundred, 258, 299. Bickford, Win. H., 117, 149, 288, 304. Billings, Alfred C., 350, 365, 375, 401 Billings, John D., 86, 335, 362, 398, 406, 413, 441. Birmingham, Michael, 351. Bisbee, C. L., 28, 29. Birney, Gen. D. B., 105, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 160, 161, 168, 177, 184, 193, 197, 213, 216, 220, 227, 230, 240, 246, 250, 279, 283, 291, 298, 299. Blair, G. W., 351, 404. Bladensburg Pike, 39. Blandin, A. A., 47, 150, 201, 208, 209. 440. Blackmer, D. C., 350, 403, 406. Blaney, W. T., 84. Boxford, 22, 23, 30, 31, 37, 39, 52, 284. Bowling Green, 241, 244, 430. Botts, John M., 189. Bradley