The Civil War in the East

11th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery

 

The 11th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 12 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1862

August 25, 1862

Organized at Boston and mustered in at Readville for nine months' service

November 3

Left State for Washington, D.C.; attached to Casey's Provisional Division, Military District of Washington and duty at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C.

November 19

At Hall's Hill, Va.

November 27-28

Moved to Fairfax Station, Va., then to Union Mill, and duty along Potomac from Wolf Run Shoals to Centreville

1863

February

Assigned to Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington and duty in forts on Centreville Heights until April.

April

Attached to Abercrombie's Division, 22nd Corps

April 18

Ordered to Upton's Hill and duty at Forts Ramsey and Buffalo

May 25-28

Moved to Boston

May 29

Mustered out

1864

January 2

Reorganized at Readville and mustered in for three years

February 5

Left State for Washington; Attached to Defenses of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, D.C. and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.

April

Assigned to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

May-June

Rapidan Campaign; Temporarily attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps

May 5-7

Battles of the Wilderness

May 8-12

Spottsylvania; Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps

May 12-21

Spottsylvania C. H.

May 12

Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania C. H.

May 21

Stannard's Mills

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

Line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 1-3

Bethesda Church

June 16-18

Before Petersburg

June 16

Siege of Petersburg begins

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg

August 18-21

Weldon Railroad. Temporarily attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps

September 29-
October 2

Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

March 25

Fort Stedman

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 2

Assault on and fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee to Appomattox C. H.

April 20-27

Moved to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

June 16

Mustered out