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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 41 1 Browse Search
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ent, parade, and drill on Boston Common. Young Nims saw the drill and was delighted; after this not I resigned from my command in 1860, said Colonel Nims in an interview some years since, and my la came the Civil War. The battery with which Colonel Nims had been connected was among the first to vritten by an officer while at Franklin, La. Captain Nims is the hardest working officer I ever saw, der. Some years after the war a niece of Colonel Nims was visiting in the South and dined at the e given to the Confederate officers to kill Captain Nims at any cost as his battery was inflicting s the work of reconstruction had been begun, Captain Nims returned to Boston and bought back the little Colonel Nims. After leaving the army, Colonel Nims took almost no part in military or political affairs—except in connection with Nims' Battery Association and for a short time serving as commanent matter. During the half century that Colonel Nims maintained his drug store at the West End h[10 more...]
Roster of Second Massachusetts Battery Second Battery Light Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteers—(Three Years.) (From Record of Massachusetts Volunteers.) Name and Rank.Age.Residence orDate of Muster.Termination of Service and Cause Thereof. Place Credited to. Nims, Ormand F., Capt.,..Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Jan. 7, 1865, resigned. Marland, William, Capt.,29Andover, Ma.Jan. 8, 1865Aug. 11, 1865, exp. of service, Brevet Maj. Walcott, John W., 1st Lieut.,39Roxbury, Ma.July 31, 1861Dec. 18, 1861, resigned. Bigelow, John, 1st Lieut.,21Cambridge, Ma.July 31, 1861Dec. 18, 1861, resigned. Trull, George G., 1st Lieut.,30Boston, Ma.Dec. 18, 1861Oct. 21, 1862, Captain 4th Battery. Hall, Richard B., 1st Lieut.,23Boston, Ma.Dec. 18, 1861July 29, 1863, resigned. Marland, William, 1st Lieut.,27Andover, Ma.Oct. 22, 1862Captain Jan. 8, 1865. Snow, Warren K., 1st Lieut.,29Boston, Ma.July 30, 1863Nov. 30, 1864, disability. Greenleaf, Joseph W., 1st Lieut.,34Boston, Ma.Dec. 1, 1864