History of the Second Massachusetts Battery (Nims' Battery) of Light Artillery, 1861-1865

by Caroline Elizabeth Whitcomb

ROSTER OF SECOND MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY

SECOND BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY, M. V.—(Three Years.) (From Record of Massachusetts Volunteers.)

Name and Rank.	Age.	Residence or Place Credited To.	Date of Muster.	Termination of Service.
Nims, Ormand F., Capt.	..	Boston	July 31, '61	Jan. 7, 1865, resigned.
Marland, William, Capt.	29	Andover	Jan. 8, '65	Aug. 11, 1865, exp. of service, B'vt Maj.
Walcott, John W., 1st Lieut.	39	Roxbury	July 31, '61	Dec. 18, 1861, resigned.
Bigelow, John, 1st Lieut.	21	Cambridge	July 31, '61	Dec. 18, 1861, resigned.
Trull, George G., 1st Lieut.	30	Boston	Dec. 18, '61	Oct. 21, 1862, Captain 4th Battery.
Hall, Richard B., 1st Lieut.	23	Boston	Dec. 18, '61	July 29, 1863, resigned.
Marland, William, 1st Lieut.	27	Andover	Oct. 22, '62	Captain Jan. 8, 1865.
Snow, Warren K., 1st Lieut.	29	Boston	July 30, '63	Nov. 30, 1864, disability.
Greenleaf, Joseph W., 1st Lieut.	34	Boston	Dec. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hodgdon, Lucian A., 1st Lieut.	33	Somerville	Jan. 8, '65	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Trull, George G., 2d Lieut.	29	Boston	July 31, '61	First Lieut., Dec. 18, 1861.
Hall, Richard B., 2d Lieut.	22	Boston	July 31, '61	First Lieut., Dec. 18, 1861.
Marland, William, 2d Lieut.	26	Andover	Dec. 18, '61	First Lieut., Oct. 22, 1862.
Snow, Warren K., 2d Lieut.	27	Boston	Feb. 21, '62	First Lieut., July 30, 1863.
Russell, Edward K., 2d Lieut.	30	Chelsea	Oct. 22, '62	Oct. 3, 1863, First Lieut., 6th Battery.
Greenleaf, Joseph W., 2d Lieut.	32	Boston	July 30, '63	First Lieut., Dec. 1, 1864.
Hodgdon, Lucian A., 2d Lieut.	31	Somerville	Oct. 3, '63	First Lieut., Jan. 8, 1865.
Swan, Louis W., 2d Lieut.	30	Chelsea	Dec. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Ellis, Jacob M., 2d Lieut.	26	Melrose	Jan. 8, '65	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Jackman, Henry A., Q. M. Sergt.	34	Boston	Jan. 6, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Norcross, Alden N., Q. M. Sergt.	32	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Burwell, Augustus B., 1st Sergt.	26	Chelsea	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Chamberlain, Lowell A., 1st Sergt.	22	Maiden	July 31, '61	Dec. 16, 1861, promotion.
Cheever, Henry P., 1st Sergt.	34	Boston	July 31, '61	1862, disability.
Downing, Matthias, 1st Sergt.	30	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Greenleaf, Joseph W., 1st Sergt.	32	Boston	July 31, '61	Second Lieut., July 30, 1863.
Hodgdon, Lucian A., 1st Sergt.	31	Somerville	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Hodgdon, Lucian A., 1st Sergt.	33	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Second Lieut., May 21, 1864.
Jordon, William W., 1st Sergt.	31	Boston	Jan. 6, '64	Sept. 30, 1864, 1st Lieut. 3d Un. Co. H. Art.
Russell, Edward K., 1st Sergt.	30	Chelsea	July 31, '61	Second Lieut., Oct. 22, 1862.
Snow, Warren K., 1st Sergt.	27	Boston	July 31, '61	Second Lieut., Feb. 21, 1862.
Swan, Louis W., 1st Sergt.	32	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Second Lieut., Dec. 1, 1864.
Allen, John W., Sergt.	24	Boston	Feb. 16. '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Ellis, Jacob M., Sergt.	28	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Second Lieut., Jan. 8, 1965.
Fisk, John D., Sergt.	28	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Harvey, Orlando C., Sergt.	24	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Hodgkins, John P., Sergt.	27	Gloucester	Dec. 7, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Jordan, William W., Sergt.	29	Boston	July 31, '61	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Kane, William, Sergt.	20	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Lincoln, Silas S., Sergt.	35	Maiden	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Livermore, Converse F., Sergt.	26	Watertown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Partridge, Samuel, Sergt.	29	Boston	Jan. 6, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Swan, Louis W., Sergt.	30	Chelsea	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Ward, John B., Sergt.	27	Boston	Dec. 1, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Whitcher, Frank J., Sergt.	21	Boston	July 31, '61	Dec. 17, 1861, Sec. Lieut. 1st Md. Bat'y.
Wilkins, Robert J.	27	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Ackerman, Joseph R., Corp.	32	Boston	July 31, '61	Deserted Jan. 1, 1862.
Andrews, Erastus E., Corp.	28	Sunderland	Dec. 2, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Bellows, Frederick A., Corp.	44	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Butts, William D., Corp.	27	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Dickenson, Daniel O., Corp.	18	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Downing, Matthias, Corp.	28	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Ellis, Jacob M., Corp.	26	Melrose	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Evans, Elbridge, Corp.	29	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Foster, Thomas B., Corp.	22	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Died June 6, 1865, New Orleans, La.
Green, Charles W., Corp.	26	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Ham, George E., Corp.	26	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Hodgkins, Frederick T., Corp.	21	Gloucester	Dec. 7, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hodgkins, Morris, Jr., Corp.	40	Gloucester	Dec. 7, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Howe, Francis E., Corp.	27	Melrose	July 31, '61	Jan. 8, 1863, disability.
Kane, James H., Corp.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Knowlton, Joseph S., Corp.	25	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Knowles, Osgood W., Corp.	25	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1804, expiration of service.
Leavitt, Edwin L., Corp.	29	Boston	Oct. 10, '61	Died Aug. 5, 1862, Baton Rouge, La.
Maxwell, Charles B., Corp.	29	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Merrill, Charles, Corp.	28	Chelsea	Mar. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Oliver, Charles E., Corp.	22	Lunenburg	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Sherman, Charles F.	20	Watertown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Short, John F., Corp.	28	Lowell	Aug. 10, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Smith, John R., Corp.	26	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Sylvester, Charles S., Corp.	18	Gloucester	Dec. 7, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Swart, John W., Corp.	22	Pittsfield	Jan. 5, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Tyler, Thomas R., Corp.	24	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Wadsworth, George W., Corp.	..	Quincy	July 31, '61	Sept. .., 1861, disability.
Wadsworth, Henry M., Corp.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Sept. 30, 1861, disability.
Welch, Henry, Corp.	21	Pittsfield	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Whitmore, Benjamin F., Corp.	26	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Wilkins, Robert J., Corp.	25	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Hodgdon, Moses, Bugler	19	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Hughes, John, Bugler	22	Barnstable	Jan. 25, '64	Died July 23, 1865, Vicksburg, Miss.
O'Grady, Joseph, Bugler	24	Quincy	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Brown, Henry E., Artificer	34	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Cobb, Cyrus W., Artificer	35	Malden	July 31, '61	Dec. 5, 1862, disability.
Gould, Reuben B. H., Artificer	43	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Hatch, Seth H., Artificer	41	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 14, 1864, re-enlistment.
Hatch, Seth H., Artificer	43	Somerville	Feb. 15, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Haven, Joseph S., Artificer	28	Boston	July 31, '61	Died July 31, 1862, Baton Rouge, La.
Jacobus, Peter, Artificer	40	Boston	July 31, '61	....
Stevens, Simeon, Wagoner	39	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Allen, Henry B.	27	Gloucester	Dec. 7, '63	Died June 30, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Allen, John W.	22	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Allis, Newton R.	36	Buckland	Sept. 14, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Andrews, Edwin A.	25	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Anthony, Charles S.	29	Taunton	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Annis, David	36	Taunton	Sept. 6, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 6th Battery.
Avery, Daniel P.	21	Boston	Nov. 20, '62	Dec. 25, 1863, re-enlistment.
Avery, Daniel P.	23	Danvers	Dec. 26, '63	Deserted Jan. .., 1864.
Avery, James T.	21	Colrain	Sept. 3, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Barsantee, Alphonso	29	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Barrett, Charles H.	21	Boston	Jan. 20, '64	Deserted, never joined Battery.
Barney, Edward F.	23	Southborough	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Barton, Frederick N.	18	Heath	Aug. 30, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Barnes, Henry Q.	22	Boston	July 31, '61	Died Aug. 14, 1862, New Orleans, La.
Bartlett, Hiram	24	Charlestown	Dec. 11, '62	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Bates, William T.	22	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Bellew, John	40	Boston	Jan. 12, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Benoit, Nazar	18	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Died Apr. 18, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Bicknell, Ira S.	37	Charlestown	Sept. 8, '62	Apr. 20, 1863, disability.
Blaisdell, Clark	23	Waltham	Feb. 15, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Blanchard, George E.	21	Chelsea	Mar. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Bolton, Joseph F.	..	Quincy	July 31, '61	Apr. 16, 1862, civil authority.
Bolton, William	21	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Braman, John W.	18	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	June 15, 1865, expiration of service.
Brigham, Francis O.	27	Needham	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Brown, Edwin W.	35	Boston	July 31, '61	Sept. 17, 1862, disability.
Brown, Francis G.	25	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Brown, James	35	Truro	Feb. 24, '64	Feb. 28, 1864, rejected recruit.
Brown, James L.	41	Boston	Dec. 17, '63	Dec. 24, 1863, rejected recruit.
Brown, Joseph F.	35	Rowe	Aug. 30, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Brown, J. M.	29	Quincy	July 31, '61	....
Brown, William	25	Raynham	Jan. 4, '64	Deserted, never joined Battery.
Bryant, Zeba H.	34	N. Bridgewater	Sept. 3, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 6th Battery.
Buck, Orsemus L.	39	Boston	Jan. 12, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Bullard, Revel	37	Rowe	Aug. 30, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Burns, William	38	Boston	Nov. 28, '63	Dec. 15, 1863, disability.
Bushman, Leander	21	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Drowned, Dec. 18, 1864, from str. N. America.
Butler, Levi T.	24	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Butler, Levi T.	26	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Transferred June 21, 1864, to Navy.
Buxton, Richard F.	21	Lunenburg	Dec. 31, '63	July 18, 1865, expiration of service.
Call, Levi E.	20	Colrain	Sept. 3, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Carpenter, Francis L.	21	Taunton	Dec. 12, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Carter, John F.	24	Boston	July 31, '61	Jan. 16, 1864, disability.
Carroll, John, Jr.	21	Barnstable	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Carney, Joseph	26	Reading	Dec. 9, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Caswell, Joseph L.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Chadbourne, Bradford H.	38	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Chase, Stephen J.	44	Boston	Jan. 8, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Childs, Ralph	42	Colrain	Sept. 6, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Clayton, Herbert	21	Boston	Feb. 3, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Clark, James	32	Somerville	Mar. 18, '64	Deserted, never joined Battery.
Clogston, Luman	25	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Cobb, James M.	23	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Apr. 2, 1864, disability.
Coffey, James	25	N. Bridgewater	Sept. 3, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 13th Battery.
Conley, John	40	Bridgewater	Sept. 2, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Corcoran, Michael H.	30	Boston	Jan. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Cowdrey, Nathaniel	38	S. Reading	Jan. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Craig, George	21	Barnstable	Sept. 1, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Crockett, William H.	30	Boston	July 31, '61	Oct. 18, 1862, disability.
Cruise, William	18	Southampton	Jan. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Curtis, Edmund B.	36	Abington	Sept. 3, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, '64 to 6th Battery.
Curtis, Frederick N.	29	Medford	July 31, '61	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Curtis, Frederick N.	31	Medford	Jan. 6, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Cushing, Lyman F. W.	19	Medford	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Dalton, John	21	Rockport	Aug. 27, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of services.
Davis, Benjamin P.	21	Boston	July 31, '61	....
Davison, Cyrus	31	Boston	July 31, '61	Died Aug. 3, 1862, Baton Rouge, La.
Davis, Frederick A.	43	Bridgewater	Feb. 23, '64	Feb. 28, 1864, rejected recruit.
Davis, James H.	21	Colrain	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 6th Battery.
Davis, Robert W.	28	Somerville	Jan. 5, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Day, Samuel C.	32	Gloucester	Dec. 8, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Dennis, John	30	Cohasset	Aug. 31, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Dewey, William C.	26	Colrain	July 9, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Doe, William F.	22	Meredith, N.H.	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Dollard, John	21	Greenwich	Sept. 15, '64	Transferred to 13th Battery.
Dow, Joseph E.	37	Chelsea	July 31, '61	Oct. 18, 1862, disability.
Downs, Thomas J.	23	Boston	Jan. 14, '64	Jan. 17, 1864, rejected recruit.
Donahue, John M.	22	Cohasset	Aug. 29, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Donahue, Thomas	24	N. Bridgewater	Dec. 3, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, '64, to 6th Battery.
Drury, James	42	Boston	Jan. 1, '64	Jan. 3, 1864, rejected recruit.
Duggan, Edmund B.	19	Southampton	Jan. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Duprey, Edwin	23	Boston	Sept. 5, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Eastman, William H.	22	Melrose	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Eldridge, Ellery W.	19	Chelsea	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Elliott, James E.	18	Blackstone	Mar. 1, '64	Mar. 3, 1864, rejected recruit.
Elmer, Spencer W.	20	Heath	Aug. 30, '61	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Evans, Elbridge	27	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Farnum, Charles G.	43	Boston	Dec. 28, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Ferren, Loren	19	Taunton	Sept. 3, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Fickett, William	22	Duxbury	Jan. 21, '61	Died Aug. 19, 1865, Gallop's Island.
Fillebrown, Henry A.	23	Waltham	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Finnegan, Bernard	28	Boston	Mar. 14, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Fisk, John D.	26	Southbridge	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Flemming, Nathaniel	28	Charlestown	Dec. 7, '63	Deserted Oct. 18, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Fletcher, John W.	23	Billerica	July 31, '61	....
Flynn, Thomas	45	Charlestown	Dec. 12, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Folsom, Ezra F.	26	Truro	Jan. 11, '64	Died May 24, 1864, Baton Rouge, La.
Forbes, John A.	34	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Foster, Edward	32	Boston	Dec. 5, '63	Deserted, never joined Battery.
Foster, Thomas B.	20	Stoughton	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Foulds, John	19	Taunton	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Foye, William E.	18	Braintree	Sept. 3, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
French, Loring A.	39	Quincy	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Galloway, Charles	25	Waltham	June 23, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Gannon, Cornelius	22	Truro	Feb. 24, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Garrett, William	21	Lowell	July 31, '61	Transferred Sept. 1, 1861, to 17th M. V.
Gibson, Edward	22	Boston	Mar. 14, '64	Deserted, never joined Battery.
Gill, John E.	21	Taunton	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 13th Battery.
Gleason, Samuel K.	30	Heath	Aug. 30, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Goodrich, Edward C.	22	Lunenburg	Dec. 31, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Goodwin, William H.	20	Weymouth	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Goodwin, William H.	22	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Glover, Edward W.	26	Maiden	July 31, '61	Oct. .., 1862, disability.
Grover, Fitzroy	19	Chicopee	Aug. 31, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Haggerty, John	26	Pittsfield	Jan. 18, '64	Deserted, never joined Battery.
Hall, Arthur W.	18	Heath	Aug. 30, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hale, Russell	19	Gardner	July 2, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Haley, Samuel, Jr.	21	W. Boylston	July 31,'61	Sept. .., 1862, disability.
Hammond, Charles	31	Dorchester	July 26, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hamilton, Charles	31	Truro	Jan. 12, '64	Jan. 13, 1864, rejected recruit.
Hamilton, Charles H.	21	Taunton	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hammond, Daniel M.	19	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Hammond, Daniel M.	21	Charlestown	Jan. 6, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hamour, George B.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Apr. 20, 1863, disability.
Ham, James H.	20	Boston	Jan. 14, '64	Transferred June 21, 1864, to Navy.
Harvey, Alexander D.	21	Boston	Oct. 10, '61	Oct. 15, 1864, expiration of service.
Harkins, Daniel	21	Templeton	Jan. 4, '64	Jan. 6, 1864, rejected recruit.
Harvey, George B.	22	Taunton	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 13th Battery.
Harvey, Joseph R.	22	Boston	July 31, '61	Died Aug. 10, 1862, New Orleans, La.
Hauff, Rudolph	34	Boston	July 31, '61	Died 1863, New Orleans, La.
Hayward, Hampton V.	24	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Hess, Phillip	18	Hinsdale	Jan. 18, '64	Jan. 24, 1864, rejected recruit.
Hidden, William G.	21	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Hill, Augustus E.	34	Phillipston	Dec. 24, '63	Jan. 9, 1864, rejected recruit.
Hobbs, Joseph A.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Oct. 18, 1862, disability.
Holmes, Elmer W.	22	N. Bridgewater	Sept. 10, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 6th Battery.
Holme, Frederick	32	Boston	...., '62	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Holme, Frederick	34	Boston	Jan. 6, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Houghton, George E.	21	Boston	July 31, '61	June 25, 1862, disability.
Howe, Edwin S.	..	Quincy	July 31, '61	Never joined for service.
Howard, Henry A.	22	Colrain	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 6th Battery.
Howarth, John H.	19	Boston	Dec. 7, '63	Died of wounds, May 2, 1864, Mansfield, La.
Howard, William R.	25	Malden	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Hubbard, Amos S.	21	Boston	Mar. 3, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hubbard, Stephen L.	28	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 14, 1863, 2d Lieut. 2d Heavy Art'y.
Hudson, Thomas	36	Boston	Aug. 30, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Hurd, Henry	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Jackman, Henry A.	32	Boston	July 31, '61	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Jaunotte, Abraham	26	Hadley	Jan. 25, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Jeffords, George R.	40	Rowe	Aug. 30, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Jennings, Stephen E.	29	Chicopee	July 31, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Julian, George N.	20	Exeter, N. H.	July 31, '61	Sept. 13, 1862, Capt. 13th N. H. Vols.
Kelly, Robert N.	23	Boston	Dec. 19, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Kelly, Thomas	28	Boston	Dec. 18, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Kimball, Martin B.	25	Boston	Oct. 16, '61	Oct. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
King, Phineas F.	26	Watertown	July 31, '61	1862, disability.
Knight, Thomas W.	19	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Knights, William W.	29	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Lamberton, George	42	Sandwich	Mar. 10, '64	July 1, 1864, disability.
Lamb, Hiram K.	46	Boston	July 31, '61	Apr. 15, 1862, disability.
Lancy, Eli S.	32	Lunenburg	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Lang, James	27	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Lang, James	29	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Lancour, Louis	37	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Larrabee, George W.	25	Boston	Dec. 18, '63	Died Apr. 16, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Larivere, Jacob	23	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Leavitt, James M.	28	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Lemill, Shubael	43	Charlestown	Jan. 5, '64	Deserted, never joined Battery.
Leonard, James L.	22	Taunton	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 13th Battery.
Leonard, John S.	24	Cambridge	July 31, '61	Died Sept. 29, 1862, New Orleans, La.
Little, Orison	25	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Littlefield, Roger S.	26	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Transferred Sept. 10, 1861, to 18th Regt.
Littlefield, William	..	Quincy	July 31, '61	Never joined for service.
Lombard, Edwin	31	Boston	July 31, '61	Died Aug. 10, 1862, New Orleans, La.
Long, George	28	Neponset	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Longley, Isaac N.	28	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Loring, John H.	24	Charlestown	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Lovejoy, Alvin G.	31	Somerville	July 31, '61	Died Aug. 3, 1863, Baton Rouge, La.
Lufkin, Russell S.	40	Charlestown	Sept. 8, '62	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Lunt, Charles H.	28	Charlestown	Jan. 2, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Lyman, Benjamin M.	34	Orange	Feb. 8, '64	Feb. 21, 1864, disability.
Lynch, Charles	24	Boston	July 31, '61	1862, disability.
Macomber, Alexander	21	Boston	Sept. 1, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Maphin, James	22	Chelsea	Jan. 8, '64	Transferred Feb. 2, 1864, to 28th Regt.
Marble, Carlos	22	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Marsh, Lewis H.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Marsh, Lewis H.	25	Belmont	Jan. 6, '64	Died May 15, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Marsh, Rufus D.	18	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Mar. 17, '65, disability.
Marshall, W. Henry	32	Chelsea	Jan. 8, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Maxwell, Chauncey H.	24	Boston	July 31, '61	Died May 10, 1864, Mansfield, La.
Mayer, Philip, Jr.	19	Boston	July 31, '61	Apr. 10, 1864, disability.
McCarron, Richard	25	Roxbury	Jan. 18, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
McCracker, William	35	Boston	Dec. 2, '63	Dec. 20, 1863, disability.
McDonough, Thomas	30	Roxbury	Jan. 18, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
McGraugh, Patrick	29	Bridgewater	Sept. 1, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 13th Battery.
McKinley, Leonard	30	Charlestown	Sept. 13, '62	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
McMahon, John J.	24	Rockport	Aug. 29, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
McNulty, James H.	18	Lowell	Dec. 29, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
McNally, Michael	21	Hadley	July 7, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Meier, Edward D.	22	Taunton	Dec. 30, '63	Sept. 9, 1864, 2d Lieut. 1st La. Cav.
Miller, William	32	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Moody, John F.	22	Bridgewater	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Moody, Joseph	37	Orleans	Jan. 28, '64	Died Jan. 19, 1865, Morganza, La.
Morrison, James T.	35	Boston	Jan. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Morton, Lemuel Q.	22	Boston	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Moran, Michael	21	Rockport	Aug. 30, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Mousen, Francis	25	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Moulton, Harrison	20	Weymouth	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Munroe, Thomas	36	Quincy	July 31, '61	Feb. 7, 1862, disability.
Murray, David	19	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Murphy, Francis	20	Bolton	Dec. 2, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Murphy, John	21	Somerville	Mar. 15, '64	Transferred Apr. 23, 1864 to Navy.
Murphy, William J.	26	Boston	Jan. 25, '64	Jan. 28, 1864, rejected recruit.
Newhall, Charles E.	24	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Newcomb, Charles J.	32	Norton	Sept. 17, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Newcomb, James	33	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Neil, James A.	19	Northbridge	June 30, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Nichols, Robert C.	27	Boston	July 31, '61	Nov. 5, 1862, 2d Lieut. 13th Battery.
O'Conner, Patrick	27	Chelsea	Dec. 31, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
O'Donnell, Peter	21	Pittsfield	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Owens, Michael	23	Dedham	Feb. 19, '64	Died Aug. .., 1864, transport Mississippi.
Packard, Addison F.	19	Templeton	Feb. 24, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Packard, Charles E.	21	Colrain	Sept. 3, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 13th Battery.
Palmer, Edward A.	22	Charlestown	July 31, '61	1863, promotion.
Palmer, Thomas H.	26	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Parker, Gould E.	22	N. Bridgewater	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 6th Battery.
Partridge, Samuel	27	Boston	July 31, '61	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Payne, Charles	20	Templeton	Feb. 24, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Peck, George W.	19	Taunton	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 13th Battery.
Peebles, John R.	28	Groton	Nov. 11, '64	Deserted Feb. 17, 1865, Greenville, La.
Pelby, Charles	27	Boston	July 31, '61	Apr. 11, 1862, disability.
Pilkey, Francis	33	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Plymton, Andrew F.	35	Milford	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 6th Battery.
Potter, Jeffrey M.	21	N. Bridgewater	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 13th Battery.
Potter, Willis S.	19	Taunton	Sept. 5, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Prevoe, Joseph	29	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Presby, Mason W.	30	Boston	July 31, '61	Deserted, Jan. 1, 1862.
Prince, Amasa T.	30	Brighton	Feb. 29, '64	Mar. 3, 1864, rejected recruit.
Price, Theodore H.	38	Boston	July 31, '61	Died July .., 1862, Vicksburg, Miss.
Ray, Charles	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Nov. 1, 1861, disability.
Richer, William	18	Boston	Jan. 8, '63	Deserted July 1864, Greenville, La.
Riordon, Hugh	23	Lenox	Jan. 5, '64	May 16, 1865, expiration of service.
Riordon, Timothy	21	Pittsfield	Jan. 4, '64	Killed Apr. 8, 1864, Sabine Cross Roads.
Riordon, William	35	Pittsfield	Feb. 29, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Robertson, Joshua F.	34	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Robertson, John H.	18	Colrain	Sept. 3, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Roberts, Thomas E.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Rooney, James	37	Boston	Aug. 30, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Russell, David	28	Ashby	Sept. 3, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Ryder, Henry F.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Richardson, Christopher C., Jr.	21	Haverhill	Nov. 15, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Russell, Isaac H.	23	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Sampson, Charles H.	18	Boston	Dec. 21, '63	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Sanborn, Charles O.	24	Medford	Feb. 1, '62	Jan. 31, 1865, expiration of service.
Sanborn, Cutler D.	21	Medford	July 31, '61	June 27, 1862, disability.
Sargent, Russell B.	36	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Schroder, Charles H.	18	Boston	Dec. 31, '63	Jan. 4, 1864, rejected recruit.
Scott, Rufus P.	24	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Seavy, Leonard C.	24	Saco, Me.	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Seaward, William	21	Duxbury	Jan. 21, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Sebeane, Silas	32	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	....
Senter, Charles H.	28	Lynn	July 31, '61	....
Shaw, James	25	Charlestown	Sept. 8, '62	....
Skilton, Samuel P.	22	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Snow, David W.	27	Colrain	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 6th Battery.
Smead, John	22	Colrain	Aug. 31, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Smith, James	21	Brighton	July 31, '61	Jan. 5, 1864, re-enlistment.
Smith, James	23	Boston	Jan. 6, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Smith, John	40	Roxbury	Sept. 15, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Smith, Stephen F.	31	Orleans	Jan. 28, '64	Died Nov. 1, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Spaulding, Joseph	44	Boston	Jan. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Spaulding, Winfield S.	19	Boston	Aug. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Spiller, James W.	36	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Stevens, John E.	31	Melrose	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Stimpson, Jefferson	38	Boston	Jan. 25, '64	Jan. 25, 1864, rejected recruit.
Stone, Calvin	27	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Stone, Calvin	29	Boston	Feb. 16, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Stone, Royal W.	33	Rowe	Aug. 30, '64	Jan. 30, 1865, disability.
Sullivan, Daniel	35	Boston	Jan. 30, '64	Transferred Aug. 27, 1864, to 165th N. Y. V.
Sullivan, Michael H.	20	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Sweet, George D.	21	Agawam	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Sweet, George W.	34	Taunton	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Tate, James C.	36	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 11, 1864, expiration of service.
Tate, John M.	19	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Tate, Moses F.	47	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Died Aug. 10, 1862, New Orleans, La.
Taylor, John	33	Quincy	July 31, '61	May 20, 1863, disability.
Thayer, Frederick L.	28	Taunton	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1765, expiration of service.
Thomas, David	38	Abington	Sept. 6, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864 to 6th Battery.
Thompson, Otis T.	30	Charlestown	Nov. 1, '61	Oct. 31, 1864, expiration of service.
Thompson, Peter	35	Somerville	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Thibault, Cileste	32	Hadley	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Thurber, James F.	18	Swanzey	Dec. 14, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Thrasher, Henry A.	27	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration.
Tierney, Michael	24	Quincy	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration.
Tilton, Daniel P.	33	Chelsea	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Tirrell, David J.	44	Boston	July 31, '61	Nov. 1, 1861, disability.
Tracy, Wayne B.	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Trundy, Justin H.	23	Ashby	Sept. 3,'64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Tucker, James R.	24	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Vaughn, Samuel T.	27	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Viles, Daniel F.	21	Waltham	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Walcott, Aaron F.	25	Boston	July 31, '61	Transferred Dec. 6, 1861 to 3d Battery.
Wallace, Alexander	27	Charlestown	Sept. 8, '62	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Walker, Eugene C.	27	Brookline	Feb. 12, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Walker, John S., Jr.	18	Boston	Jan. 20, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Walsh, Yates	26	Boston	Feb. 2, '64	Transferred to 4th Battery.
Walton, William W.	27	Taunton	Feb. 17, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Warner, Charles J.	19	Deerfield	Jan. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Watkey, Edward	23	Boston	July 31, '61	Sept. 23, 1861, disability.
Wheeler, Howard O.	22	Boston	Jan. 4, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Whitmore, Benjamin F.	24	Boston	July 31, '61	Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment.
Whitcomb, Frederick	28	Somerville	Jan. 1, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
White, Henry J.	22	N. Bridgewater	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 6th Battery.
White, John	40	Boston	Dec. 6, '62	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Whitney, John H.	21	Brookline	Feb. 12, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
White, Leonard N.	27	Stoughton	July 31, '61	Sept. 10, 1861, disability.
Whittemore, Peleg B.	40	Taunton	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
White, Thomas	35	Charlestown	Sept. 10, '62	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Wield, John	31	Charlestown	July 31, '61	Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service.
Wiggins, John R.	23	Chelsea	Jan. 5, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Williams, Charles	25	Chelsea	Aug. 5, '64	Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Williams, Enos L.	21	Taunton	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 13th Battery.
Wilson, William H. H.	25	Colrain	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1804, to 6th Battery.
Woodward, Elias T.	29	Taunton	Sept. 5, '64	Transferred Dec. 23, 1864, to 6th Battery.
Woodward, Warren	34	Taunton	Sept. 2, '64	June 11, 1865, expiration of service.
Young, Phillip S.	45	Wenham	Feb. 29, '64	July 28, 1864, disability.

Footnotes

[1]. See Off. Records, Vol. 5, p, 431.

[2]. See The Mississippi, J. V. Greene.

[3]. See Lossing's History of the Civil War.

[4]. Off. Rep., Vol. 15, p. 39.

[5]. This is evidently incorrect as Captain Nims was in the hospital and Lieutenant Trull in charge.

[6]. Putnam's Record of the Rebellion, Vol. 5, p. 307.

[7]. Off. Rec., Vol. 15, p. 46.

[8]. See The Mississippi; F. V. Greene.

[9]. See Off. Record, Vol. 15, Report General Grover.

[10]. Nineteenth Army Corps, p. 136.

[11]. See Lossing's History of Civil War.

[12]. Off. Records, Vol. 26, p. 361.

[13]. Off. Records, Vol. 26, p. 358.

[14]. Off. Rec., Vol. 34 p. 451.

[15]. Off. Rec., Vol. 34 p. 238.

[16]. Off. Rec. Vol. 34 p. 293.

[17]. Putman's Record of the Rebellion, Vol. 8.

[18]. The facts concerning the early history of the Nims family have been taken from addresses given by Rev. J. L. Seward, D.D., Keene, N. H.

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Missing or obscured punctuation was corrected.

Typographical errors were silently corrected.