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Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters, Nims' Second Massachusetts Battery (search)
brush: but they soon learned from the bullets' whiz that they had better be moving, and they did. Captain Russell. On another occasion Sergeant Lincoln and Privates Carter and Wilkins were on picket duty on the Port Hudson Road. Lincoln and Carter were fired on, their horses killed and Carter badly wounded. He dragged himself Carter were fired on, their horses killed and Carter badly wounded. He dragged himself through the woods to a house where he was put into a wagon and brought to camp. Lincoln was stripped of his equipments and let go. The records during this period show that a soldier's life meant good hard work—even if fighting was not going on. Battery drill, gun drill, marching drill—all these filled the days and brought the Carter badly wounded. He dragged himself through the woods to a house where he was put into a wagon and brought to camp. Lincoln was stripped of his equipments and let go. The records during this period show that a soldier's life meant good hard work—even if fighting was not going on. Battery drill, gun drill, marching drill—all these filled the days and brought the battery to the highest degree of efficiency. One drill consisted of flying movements, dismounting and mounting guns and carriages, slinging guns under the limber, etc., and was nicknamed by the boys break-neck drill. Accidents were rare, however. Captain Nims invented new signals for the use of his men so that the enemy might
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters, Roster of Second Massachusetts Battery (search)
Bushman, Leander,21Hadley, Ma.Jan. 4, 1864Drowned, Dec. 18, 1864, from str. N. America. Butler, Levi T.,24Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment. Butler, Levi T.,26Boston, Ma.Feb. 16, 1864Transferred June 21, 1864, to Navy. Buxton, Richard F.,21Lunenburg, Ma.Dec. 31, 1863July 18, 1865, expiration of service. Call, Levi E.,20Colrain, Ma.Sept. 3, 1864June 11, 1865, expiration of service. Carpenter, Francis L.,21Taunton, Ma.Dec. 12, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Carter, John F.,24Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Jan. 16, 1864, disability. Carroll, John, Jr.,21Barnstable, Ma.Sept. 2, 1864June 11, 1865, expiration of service. Carney, Joseph,26Reading, Ma.Dec. 9, 1863Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Caswell, Joseph L.,23Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Chadbourne, Bradford H.,38Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Chase, Stephen J.,44Boston, Ma.Jan. 8, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Second