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Ninth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery.
（1)
Capt. Achille De Vecchi.
（2)
Capt. John Bigelow,
Bvt. Maj., U. S. Vols.
（3)
Capt. Richard S. Milton.
| Officers. | Men. | Totals. |
| Number on rolls, | 11 | 320 | 331 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in battery, | – | 4 | 4 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within battery, | – | – | – |
| Totals, | – | 4 | 4 |
| Actual total of members of battery, | 11 | 316 | 327 |
| Killed and died of wounds, | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Died by accident and disease, | – | 7 | 7 |
| Died in Confederate prison, | – | – | – |
| Total losses, | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Casualties by Engagements. |
| 1863. |
| July 2, Gettysburg, Pa., | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 1864. |
| May 25, North Anna, Va., | – | 1 | 1 |
| June 18, Avery House, Va., | – | 2 | 2 |
Active also at
Totopotomoy, Va.; Weldon Railroad, Aug. 18, 19 and 21, 1864, 1 wounded;
Petersburg, April 1 and 2, 1865.
Present at
Mine Run, Va.;
Wilderness, 1 wounded;
Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, Va.; Peeble's Farm, Sept. 30, 1864;
Hatcher's Run, Oct. 27, 1864, and during part of the
Appomattox campaign.
The 9th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery, was recruited in the summer of 1862 and mustered into the
United States service on the 10th of August, the men being mostly from
Boston and the neighboring towns.
It left the
State Sept. 3, 1862, and spent the winter of 1862 and 1863 near
Washington, being in camp at
Capitol Hill, D. C., until September 22, then occupying Camp Chase and Camp Barry, Va. From Nov. 19, 1862, to March 29, 1863, it was encamped at Fort Ramsay, moving to
Centerville April 17 where it remained until June 25.
It had no active service under its original captain,
Achille De Vecchi, and was commanded by
Capt. John Bigelow in its first day of fight.
ing, on July 2, at
Gettysburg, losing in half an hour 9 men.
Lieutenant Erickson was killed on the field and
Lieutenant Whittaker was mortally wounded, dying on July 20.
The battery was with the 5th Corps in its advance to
Petersburg, Va., in June, 1864, and was engaged with the
Corps in many of the siege operations and movements, being engaged at Avery House June 18, with the loss of 2 men, and engaged again June 19 and 20.
Having received from Battery 1 the men whose term of service had not yet expired, it participated in the closing engagements at
Petersburg, followed in the retreat of the
Confederates, and was mustered out at
Gallop's Island,
Boston harbor, June 6, 1865.
