The Civil War in the East

14th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery

 

The 14th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery lost 1 officer or 9 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 9 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1864

February 27

Organized at Readville and mustered in

April 4

Left State for Annapolis, Md., then ordered to Camp Marshall, Washington, D.C.

April 26-30

Ordered to join the 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and moved to Rappahannock Station, Va. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps

May-June

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Battles of the Wilderness, Va.

May 8-12

Spottsylvania

May 12-21

Spottsylvania C. H.

May 12

Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania C. H.

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

June 21 - 24

Actions on the Petersburg line

July

Assigned to Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps

July 10 - 17

Actions on the Petersburg line

July 30

Mine Explosion

August

Assigned to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac

August 18-21

Weldon Railroad

October 11

Action on Petersburg line; Duty with 2nd Army Corps

October 25

Duty at Fort Merriam, Defenses of City Point, Va.

1865

January 15

Ordered to Petersburg front, attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps

April 2

Assault on and capture of Petersburg; attached to Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps

April 4 to May 3

At City Point

May 3-13

March to Fairfax C. H.

June 4-6

Moved to Readville, Mass.

June 16

Mustered out