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Third battery Massachusetts Light Artillery.
（1)
Capt. Dexter H. Follett.
（2)
Capt. Augustus P. Martin.
| Officers. | Men. | Totals. |
| Number on rolls, | 11 | 250 | 261 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in battery, | – | 6 | 6 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within battery, | – | – | – |
| Totals, | – | 6 | 6 |
| Actual total of members of battery, | 11 | 244 | 255 |
| Killed and died of wounds, | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Died by accident and disease, | – | 11 | 11 |
| Died in Confederate prisons, | – | – | – |
| Total losses, | 1 | 22 | 23 |
Casualties by Engagements.
| 1862. |
| April 5, Yorktown, Va., | – | 2 | 2 |
| May 27, Hanover Court House Va., | – | 1 | 1 |
| June 28, Gaines's Mill, Va., | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Place unknown, | – | 1 | – |
| 1864. |
| May 11, Laurel Hill, Va., | – | 2 | 2 |
| 1864. |
| June 3, Shady Grove Church, Va., | – | 1 | 1 |
| June 20, Petersburg, Va., | – | 1 | 1 |
| July –, Before Petersburg,Va., | – | 1 | 1 |
| Aug. 18, Weldon Railroad, Va., | – | 1 | 1 |
| Totals, | 1 | 11 | 12 |
Active also at
Malvern Hill, Va.;
Antietam, Md., Blackford's Ford, Va., Sept. 20, 1862;
Gettysburg, Pa., 6 wounded;
Wilderness, Va.;
North Anna, Va., 2 wounded.
Present, not active at
Chancellorsville, Va., and
Mine Run, Va.
The 3d Battery was recruited especially among the friends of
Senator Henry Wilson of the 22d Mass. Infantry, to which regiment it was at first attached.
It was mustered into the U. S. service Sept. 5, 1861, passed the winter of 1861-62 in and about
Washington and was active in the first move of the spring campaign of 1862; part of the battery was engaged at Hanover Court House, and it was in reserve at
Mechanicsville, Va. Its next engagement was at
Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862, with no loss.
One section of the battery made a reconnoissance to
Leesburg, Va., Oct. 16-17, 1862, but as a whole it was not engaged in action again until the
battle of Gettysburg, although it followed the 5th Corps in all its movements, was at
Fredericksburg, Va.; on the ‘Mud March;’ and in position, but not actively engaged, at
Chancellorsville.
Though the battery took active part in the many marches of the autumn of 1863, it had no further engagements.
It entered into camp for the winter at Bealton Station, Va., remaining there from December, 1863, to May, 1864.
In May, 1864, it was engaged at the
Wilderness, Va.; in position at
Laurel Hill, Va., from May 8 to 15 with heavy loss,
Captain Martin being wounded through the neck; engaged at
North Anna River, Va., May 23, and at Shady Grove Church, Va., from May 30 to June 3, 1864.
The next engagement was before
Petersburg, Va., where the battery was active almost continuously from June 18 to Aug. 13, 1864; it was engaged in the expedition against the Weldon Railroad, Va., Aug. 18-21, 1864, remaining at that place until the expiration of its term of service; the re-enlisted men and recruits were transferred to the 5th Mass. Battery, and on Sept. 16, 1864, the remainder of the battery was mustered out at
Boston, Mass. 
