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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., First battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
Active also at Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862; Malvern Hill, Va.; Fredericksburg, Va., 2 wounded; Franklin's Crossing, June 5, 1863; Gettysburg, Pa.; Mine Run, Va.; Spotsylvania (Laurel Hill), Va., 2 wounded; Opequon, Va., 4 wounded; Fisher's Hill, Va., 1 wounded. The First Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery was recruited in Boston during August of 1861, largely from the old Boston Light Artillery, or Cook's Battery, Maj. Asa M. Cook, which was mustered into the U. S. service May 18, 1861, and was the only Massachusetts battery serving under the first call for troops. The First Battery left the State Oct 3, 1861, spent the winter of 1861-62 in camp about Washington, was present at the siege of Yorktown, Va., and at West Point. It entered the Peninsular campaign as part of the 1st Division, 6th Corps, and took part in the battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mill, Va.; it was active also at Glendale and Malvern Hill, Va.; engaged in the march to Fredericksburg, Va., in N