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Readville, and left for the seat of war in detachments,—the first being sent forward Dec. 25; the second, Dec. 27; and the third, on Sunday, December 29, 1861.
The regiment was ordered to Annapolis; and Colonel Williams was to await orders from the Adjutant-General of the United States.
The regiment remained at Annapolis until the close of the year.
The First Light Battery was recruited at ‘Camp Cameron,’ Cambridge, by Captain Josiah Porter, assisted by William H. McCartney, Jacob H. Sleeper, Jacob Federhen, and Robert L. Sawin, of Boston, who were severally commissioned lieutenants.
The battery left the State on the 3d of October, 1861, for Washington.
The Second Battery was recruited at ‘Camp Wollaston,’ Quincy, and left for Washington, on the eighth day of August, 1861.
Its officers were Ormond F. Nims, Boston, captain; John W. Wolcott, Roxbury, first lieutenant; George G. Trull of Boston, Richard B. Hall of Boston, second lieutenants.
The Third Battery was recruited at Lynnfield, by Captain Dexter H. Follett, and was temporarily attached to the Twenty-second Regiment, and left the State on the seventh day of October, 1861.
Its officers were Dexter H. Follett, Boston, captain: Augustus P. Martin, Boston, and Caleb C. E. Mortimer, Charlestown, first lieutenants: Valentine M. Dunn and Philip H. Tyler, Charlestown, second lieutenants.
Soon after the battery reached Washington, Captain Follett resigned his commission, and Lieutenant Martin was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The Fourth Light Battery was recruited at ‘Camp Chase,’ Lowell, and formed part of Major-General Butler's command to invade Louisiana.
The nucleus of this battery was a section of light artillery in the Second Division of Militia at Salem, commanded by Captain Charles H. Manning.
When recruited to a full battery, it left Boston in the steam-transport Constitution, Nov. 21, 1861.
Its officers were Charles H. Manning, of Salem, captain: Frederick W. Reinhardt, Boston, and Joseph R. Salla, Boston, first lieutenants: Henry Davidson and George W. Taylor, of Salem, second lieutenants.
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