14th Massachusetts Battery
11th Massachusetts Battery | |
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Active | February 27, 1864 – June 24, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Union Army |
Type | Field artillery |
Size | Battery |
Part of | Artillery Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
1st | Captain Joseph W. B. Wright |
2nd | 1st Lt. Emphraim B. Nye |
The 14th Massachusetts Battery (or 14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery) was an
The battery did not participate in the opening battle of the campaign at the
In March 1865, the battery returned to the IX Corps and was stationed on the siege lines in Battery X of
On April 3, 1865, the day after Confederate troops abandoned Petersburg and retreated westward, the 14th Massachusetts Battery was moved back to City Point. They remained there for a month then marched through Richmond on their way to Fairfax Seminary near Washington were they encamped for another month. On June 4 they received orders to return home. They reached Boston on June 6 and were mustered out on June 15.[6] The battery lost ten men killed in action or mortally wounded nine by disease for a total of 19 dead.[7]
See also
- Massachusetts in the Civil War
- List of Massachusetts Civil War units
Notes
- ^ Massachusetts Adjutant General (1932), p. 522.
- ^ a b Bowen (1889), p. 853.
- ^ Higginson (1896), p. 192.
- ^ Bowen (1889), p. 854.
- ^ Massachusetts Adjutant General (1932), p. 523.
- ^ a b Bowen (1889), p. 855.
- ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1247.
References
- Bowen, James L (1889). Massachusetts in the War 1861–1865. Springfield, MA: Clark W Bryer & Co. OCLC 1986476.
- Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. OCLC 247098372.
- Headley, Phineas Camp (1866). Massachusetts in the Rebellion : a Record of the Historical Position of the Commonwealth, and the Services of the Leading Statesmen, the Military, the Colleges, and the People, in the Civil War of 1861-65. Boston, MA: Walker, Fuller & Co. OCLC 8406829.
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (State Historian (1896). Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-65, 8 Volumes. Vol. 1. Boston, MA: Wright and Potter Printing Co, State Printers. OCLC 1049652105.
- OCLC 34938610.