Roster of the First Massachusetts Light Battery. October 3, 1861.
Capt. Josiah Porter, Commanding. First Sergt., Jos. W. B. Wright.1 Quartermaster Sergt., Jno. B. Mccartney.23 Clerk, Jno. W. Bell. Guidon, Nicholas G. Lynch. Buglers, Francis Hoyt,45 Thos. S. Hanick.First section--right.
Lieut. Wm. H. Mccartney, Commanding. (Commissioned Captain, Dec., 1862.) First Detachment.—Sergt. Joseph Barnes; Gunner, Geo. Lawrence; Chief of Caisson, Thos. H. Daily.6 Privates, Alfred Bunker,789 Henry S. Hall, Alex. Harper,10 Jno. Jaques, Jno. Carter, Benj. Richardson,1112 Ira Walker,13 R. J. Isaacs, David Covell, Wm. J. Mills, Thos. F. Longley,1415 Edw. W. Preston,16 Michael Sullivan, Jas. Sullivan, Henry Tracy,17 Robert Stacy,18 Alonzo Sackett, Alfred Bloxham, Abel A. Fox. Third Detachment.—Sergt. Chas. H. French;1920 Gunner, Wm. H. Skimmings; Chief of Caisson, Jno. Chase. Privates, David S. Morse,21 Robert Cunningham,22 Alonzo Ranney,23 Barney Hollis,24 David Russell, Jno. Daly,25 Willard Chaffin, Chas. Appleton,26 Chas. Burley, Amasa H. Tolman,27 Wm. J. Coye, James H. Kane,28 Maurice Leavitt, Jno. McGee, B. F. Winslow,2930 Jno. Burnham,3132 Geo. Evans, Wm. Boyer, Chas. C. Cannon, Chas. Edwards, Wm. Hutchinson, Wm. F. Wilbur,33 Chester Ellis. Chief of Caissons, Lieut. Robt. L. Sawin. (1st Lieut. 1862, on Staff of Chief of Artillery, 1863.)[14]
Second section--left.
Lieut. J. Henry Sleeper, Commanding. (Commissioned Captain Tenth Massachusetts Battery, Sept., 1862). Second Detachment.—Sergt. Jas. Sinclair; Gunner, Jas. S. Rowland;34 Chief of Caisson, Harry Warren. Privates, Stephen H. Reynolds,353637 Geo. Blake,3839 Geo. V. Brooke,40 Wilbur F. Bates,41 Amos Colby,42 Alfred A. Young,4344 Wm. A. Ham, Chas. Lynde,45 Thos. J. Covell,464748 Willard Pettengill,49 Jno. Clark,50 Thos. A. Deavitt, Wm. Scott,5152 M. V. B. Cushing,53 Benj. Daniels,54 Jas. Cushing, Jno. Parker,55 Joseph Pearson,56 Patrick Sullivan,57 Paul Sherman,58 Geo. Barnard, Samuel E. Hook,59 Chas. Cade,60 D. Warren Ellis, Edwin C. Barrett, David B. Gerry, Chas. Wheelock (Bugler). Fourth Detachment.—Sergt. Joseph H. Marea;61 Gunner, Wm. Caswell;62 Chief of Caisson, Milbrey Greene.63 Privates, Jno. Taylor, Wm. Humbey,64 Jas. J. Muldoon,65 Jas. Heywood,66 Cornelius Slattery,67 Otis S. Neale,68 Jno. Copeland,69 Jno. Carroll,70 Wm. Hanscom, Calvin Currier,71 Geo. Howe,72 Harry Marsh,73 Henry Carpenter,74 Stephen Tucker,7576 Chas. Poore,77. A. Johnson, Wm. F. Ward, Henry R. Jenkins, Martin Barry,78 Jno. Kelly, Chas. G. Milliken,79 Benj. Brooks, Robt. G. Small, Robt. Macdonald,8081 Robt. Reade, Jas. S. Gordon, Edwin W. Pratt.Third section—centre.
Lieut. Jacob Federhen, Commanding.82 (Senior 1st Lieut., Dec., 1862). Fifth Detachment.—Sergt. Matthew Adams; Gunner, Reuben P. Charters; Chief of Caisson, Asa Smith.8384 Privates, Chas. B. Hill,8586 Jno. Ricker, Henry Smitherman,8788 Eben Cook,8990 Stephen Knowles,91 Geo. B. White,92 Nathaniel Trumbull, Charles Hawkins,9394 Edw. P. Swift, Chas. Cummings,95 Jno. Hutchinson, Geo. A. Smith, Silas Tarbell, A. J. Bennett, Jas. N. Dunn, B. F. Young,96 Alvin Stevens,97 Albert Gage,98 Orrin Foster.99 Frank Howard,100 Ezra Baxter, Jr., Francis H. Conway,101 Henry C. Hall, Sylvester Horton, Richard Allen,102 Geo. O. Manning.103 Sixth Detachment.—Sergt. O. S. Snell; Gunner, Jas. W. Kenney; Chief of Caisson, Henry Williams. Privates, Daniel Cheney,104 Wm. Quinn,105 Wm. J. Quinn, Wm. J. Wheeler.106107 O. B. Bussey,108 Wm. H. White,109 Daniel Benham, Fred Gunther, Samuel Johnson, Jas. French,110 Rufus Starbird, Joseph W. Woodbury,111 Joseph Yates,112 Wm. A. Twiss,113 Wm. Twilight,114 Harry Langley,115 Daniel Macomber,116 Jacob Riedel,117118 Jas. Rogers,119 Marshall P. Goodwin,120 George Howes,121 Fred W. Frost, Chas. Gerry,122 Emery Kempton,123 Albert D. Morse.124 Artificers.—Jno. Pooler,125 Eber Hill, Peter Roome,126 Geo. Morse, Wm. Emery, Wm. Pinkerton.127[15]