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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., Fourteenth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
and disease,–55 Died in Confederate prison,–22 Total losses,11415 Casualties by Engagements. 1864. June 21-22, Petersburg, Va.,–33 Aug. 22, Before Petersburg, Va.,–44 1865. March 25, Petersburg, Va.,1–– Active also at Spotsylvania, Va.; River Ny, May 8, 10, 12, 1864; North Anna, May 14-27; Totopotomoy, June 1; Bethesda Church, June 2-3, 1864. The 14th Battery, organized at Readville, Mass., and mustered into service Feb. 27, 1864, received its outfit of guns at Washington, April 24, and on the next day was ordered to join the 9th Army Corps, and left the capital to engage in the Wilderness campaign. The battery was encamped near Rappahannock Station until May 4; then moving forward, was present at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6; on May 10 it was engaged on the Ny River, its division commander, Gen. Thomas Greeley Stevenson, being killed, and was again in action there May 12,16 and 18. From May 24-27 the battery was engaged at the North Anna River; engaged
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fortieth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
and the remainder in the early part of September; Company G, the last to be filled, being mustered September 5. It left the State September 8, under command of Lieut.-Col. Joseph A. Dalton, Col. Burr Porter, appointed September 7, taking command at Washington on the 14th. The regiment remained on picket and guard duty in the vicinity of Washington during the autumn and winter of 1862-63; it moved to Suffolk April 15, 1863, and occupied the city during the siege, making a reconnoissance on April 24 and another on May 3. It took part in the operations in the vicinity after the raising of the siege, meeting the enemy at Baltimore Cross Roads July 2. The command returned to Washington July 11, and moving to Frederick, Md., joined the Army of the Potomac in the pursuit of Lee's Army into Virginia. It was ordered, August 6, to Folly Island, S. C., and served in the trenches at Fort Wagner until the evacuation by the Confederates. In November, Colonel Porter having resigned, Capt. Guy V
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Forty-fourth regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
Maj. Francis L. Lee and was mustered out May 31, 1862. Volunteering for nine months service it completed its organization at Readville, Mass., as the 44th Infantry, Mass. Volunteer Militia, and was mustered into the United States service Sept. 12, 1862, Major Lee of the 4th Battalion becoming colonel. It left the State October 22 for New Berne, N. C., and was assigned to Colonel Stevenson's brigade. It engaged soon after its arrival in the Tarboroa expedition and met the enemy at Rawles' Mills November 2. It took part in the expedition to Goldsboroa in December, received losses at Whitehall and was in reserve at Goldsboroa. It occupied headquarters at New Berne until March, 1863. Companies B and F under Captain Storrow were sent on picket duty to Batchelder's Creek, where they remained until May 1. The remainder of the regiment left for Washington, N. C., March 15 and occupied the town during the siege. Returning, it reached New Berne April 24 and remained on provost duty until
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Third Battalion Riflemen Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
l total of members of battalion,— Officers,520––––25 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.2–78747369296 Totals,––––––321 Killed and died of wounds,— Officers,––––––– Enlisted men,––––––– Died by accident or disease,— Officers,––––––– Enlisted men,––1––12 Died as prisoners,— Officers,––––––– Enlisted men,––––––– The 3d Battalion Riflemen, Mass. Volunteer Militia, under command of Maj. Charles Devens, Jr., with headquarters at Worcester, Mass., was ordered to Washington April 20, 1861. It reached Annapolis April 24, moving on May 2 to Fort McHenry, Md., and was stationed there as garrison during its three months of service. An additional company (D), under Captain Dodd, recruited in Boston, joined the battalion May 19, after spending twelve days in Washington, having come from Boston by water, the first organization to arrive at Washington by that rou