United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts
The 11th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 12 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| 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 |
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1863
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| 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 |
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1864
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| 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 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court HouseAssigned to the Artillery Brigade, 9th Army 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 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 |
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1865
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| 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 |