(II) 11th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Readville and mustered in for three years January 2, 1864. Left State for Washington, D.C., February 5. Attached to Defenses of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1864. Temporarily attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, May, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865. Temporarily attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, August, 1864.
SERVICE.--
- Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until April 9, 1864.
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- Stannard's Mills May 21.
- May 22-26, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
- May 26-28, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
- June 1-12, 1864 -
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- June 1-3, 1864 -
Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
- June 1-3, 1864 -
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Fort Stedman March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee to Appomattox C. H. April 3-9.
- Moved to Washington, D.C., April 20-27.
- May 23, 1865 - Grand Review
- June 16, 1865 - Mustered out of federal service
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 15.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 932, 933, 934, 936, 937, 938, 939, 941, 1246)