United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts > 11th Massachusetts Battery


The 11th Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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, Virginia.
November 27-28 Moved to Fairfax Station, Virginia, then to Union Mill, and duty along Potomac from Wolf Run Shoals to Centreville
1863
February Assigned to Casey’s Division, 22nd 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 Massachusetts for Washington. Attached to Defenses of Washington, 22nd Corps, D.C. and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
April Assigned to Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac
May-June

Rapidan Campaign

Temporarily attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Corps

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-21

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

Assigned to the Artillery Brigade, 9th Corps

May 12

Assault on the Salient, Spotsylvania 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

First Assault on Petersburg

June 16

Siege of Petersburg

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg

August 18-21 Weldon Railroad. Temporarily attached to Artillery Brigade, 5th 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

Fall of Petersburg

April 3-9 Pursuit of Lee to Appomattox Court House
April 20-27 Moved to Washington, D.C.
May 23 Grand Review
June 16 Thr 11th Massachusetts Battery mustered out