United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts
The 1st Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 15 enlisted men to disease in the Civil War. It is honored with a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| August 27 | Organized at Camp Cameron under the command of Captain Josiah Porter. |
| October 3 | Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Franklin’s Division, Army of the Potomac and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
| March | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| April | Assigned to Artillery, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| April 4-12 | McDowell’s advance on Fredericksburg, Va. |
| April 23-May 4 | Ordered via transports to the Peninsula, Va. Siege of Yorktown, Va.; attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 7-8 | West Point |
| June 12 | Mechanicsville |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 26 | Mechanicsville |
| June 27 | Gaines Mill |
| June 28 | Golding’s Farm and Fort Davidson |
| June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July – August 16 | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-27 | Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Centreville |
| August 27-31 | In works at Centreville |
| August 30 | Assist in checking Pope’s rout at Bull Run |
| September 1 | Cover retreat to Fairfax Court House |
| September-October | Maryland Campaign |
| September 14 | Crampton’s Gap, Md. |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe battery was not engaged. |
| September 17- October 29 | At Downsville, Md. |
| October 29- November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va |
| December 11-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | Burnside’s Second Campaign, “Mud March” |
| February | At White Oak Church |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May 2 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
| May 3 | Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
| May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
| June | Assigned to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| June 5-13 | Franklin’s Crossing, Deep Run |
| July 2-4 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded at Gettysburg by Captain William H. McCartney. It brought 145 men to the field serving six 12-pounder Napoleons. The battery was held in reserve for most of the battle and fired only four rounds of solid shot at long range. It suffered no casualties. |
| July 5-25 | Moved to Boonsboro, Williamsport, Berlin and Warrenton, Va. |
| Jul7 26 – September 15 |
Camp at Warrenton |
| September 15 – October 5 | At Stone House Mountain |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Rappahannock Station |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| Decmber – May | Camp at Brandy Station |
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1864
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| May 3-June 15 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 12 | “Bloody Angle” |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 17-July 9 | First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 9-12 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| July 12 | Repulse of Early’s attack on Washington |
| August-October | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign; attached to the Army of the Shenandoah
Commanded by Captain William H. McCartney |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan) |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 2-12 | Moved to Boston |
| October 19 | Mustered out |