The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace

by Frederick Morse Cutler

C—(1) Marshfield Rifles from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Hanson Rifles ’42, dis. ’47. (3) Rochester dis. ’55. (4) Cambridge, Jan., ’61, dis. July 22, ’61. The first company raised in Mass. for the war. (5) Fall River ’62, dis. ’63. (6) Scituate, dis. ’70. (7) S. Abington, dis. ’76.

D—(1) Abington Lt. Inf., from 3d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div., dis. ’54. (2) Sandwich, May, ’61. Dec. 13, ’61, to D, 29th Mass. Vols. (3) Fall River ’62, dis. ’76.

E—(1) Middleboro Grenadiers, from 4th Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div., dis. ’51. (2) Middleboro, dis. ’53. (3) Fall River, dis. ’58. (4) Fall River, dis. ’60. (5) Plymouth, May 6, ’61. Dec. 13, ’61, to E, 29th Mass. Vols. (6) New Bedford City Gds. from L ’62, to E 1st Inf., Dec. 3, ’78.

F—(1) Scituate Rifles from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Wareham Grenadiers ’42. (3) Middleboro, dis. ’58. (4) New Bedford ’62, dis. ’63. (5) Taunton City Gd., 80th Unat. Co., Nov. 4, ’65. To F Aug. 20, ’66. To F 1st Inf., Dec. 3, ’78.

G—(1) Abington Rifles, from 3d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div., dis. ’47. (2) Assonet (Freetown) Lt. Inf. ’50, merged in A ’62. (3) New Bedford ’62, dis. ’66. (4) Taunton Lt. Gd. ’55 from G 4th Inf., to G ’66, to G 1st Inf., Dec. 3, ’78.

H—(1) Scituate Lt. Inf. from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Samoset Gds., Plympton, ’35, merged in B ’62. (3) Rehoboth ’62, dis. ’66. (4) Hancock Lt. Gds., Quincy, ’55. From H 4th Inf., to H ’66, dis. ’73. (5) Standish Gds., from M ’74, to H 1st Inf., Dec. 3, ’78.

I—(1) Pembroke Lt. Inf. from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Rochester ’46. (3) E. Freetown ’52. (4) New Bedford ’56. (5) Lynn, Apr. 19, ’61. Dec. 13, ’61, to I, 29th Mass. Vols. (6) Fairhaven ’62, dis. ’66. (7) E. Stoughton, dis. ’69. (8) Cunningham Rifles, N. Bridgewater or Brockton, ’69, to I 1st Inf. ’76.

K—(1) Abington Grenadiers, from 3d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Weymouth, from C 3d Batl. Inf., to L ’46. (3) Bay State Lt. Inf., Carver ’52, merged in B ’62. (4) Bridgewater ’62, dis. ’64. (5) Fall River, to B ’66. (6) Abington, dis. ’76.

L—(1) W. Bridgewater Lt. Inf., from 3d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Weymouth, from C 3d Batl. Inf., to L ’46. (3) New Bedford City Gds., July 22, ’52, to E ’62. (4) S. Carver, dis. ’76.