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Second battery Massachusetts Light Artillery.
（1)
Capt. Ormand F. Nims.
（2)
Capt. William Marland.
| Officers. | Men. | Totals. |
| Number on rolls, | 12 | 351 | 363 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in battery, | – | 6 | 6 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within battery, | – | 1 | 1 |
| Totals, | – | 7 | 7 |
| Actual total of members of battery, | 12 | 344 | 356 |
| Killed and died of wounds, | – | 2 | 2 |
| Died by accident and disease, | – | 23 | 23 |
| Died in Confederate prison, | – | – | – |
| Total losses, | – | 25 | 25 |
| Casualties by Engagements. |
| 1864. |
| April 8, Sabine Cross Roads, La., | – | 2 | 2 |
Active also at
Port Hudson, March 13, 1863;
Bayou Teche, La., April 13, 1863;
Port Hudson, La., May and July, 1863;
Vermilion Bayou, La.,
Carrion Crow Bayou, La., Oct. 15, 1863;
Grand Coteau, La., Nov. 3, 1863;
Fort Blakely, Ala., April 2, 1865; Daniel's Plantation, Ala., April 2, 1865.
The 2d Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery was recruited in
Boston during April and May, 1861, and was the first battery sent forward for three years service.
It passed the year 1861 and to April, 1862, in garrison at
Baltimore, Md., being engaged from time to time in many marches into
Maryland and
Virginia; then it left for
Louisiana as part of
General Butler's command, assigned to
General Williams's brigade, and encamped at
Baton Rouge, La., until it engaged in the
Vicksburg expedition of June–July, 1862, returning to
Baton Rouge for the engagement of August 5.
During December of 1862,
General Banks having succeeded to the command of the Department of the Gulf, the battery was assigned to
General Grover, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, and was in winter quarters at
Baton Rouge until March, 1863, when it joined the expedition against
Port Hudson, and later, after its return from the
Teche expedition April–May, 1863, it went again to
Port Hudson and was engaged in the siege operations there until the surrender.
Another expedition into
Louisiana with several engagements took place during October and November, 1863.
The battery was encamped at New Iberia and then at
Franklin until March, 1864, when it engaged in the
Red River campaign.
There was no more serious fighting for that year; the summer was passed near New Orleans and the winter at
Morganza, La., after which with Battery 5 it was sent by ship to
Florida, then marched westward through the swamps to take part in the operations at
Mobile.
New and exhaustive marches followed the engagement there, and the battery suffered great losses in animals and equipments at this time.
It reached
Vicksburg in June and remained there in camp until July 22, when it left for
Massachusetts, and was mustered out at
Boston, Mass., Aug. 11, 1865.
