The 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment lost 9 officers and 232 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 241 enlisted men to disease durng the Civil War.
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July 5 |
Organized as 14th Massachusetts Infantry |
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January 1 |
Designation changed to 1st Heavy Artillery; Attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington with garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington at Forts Albany, Runyon, Scott, Richardson, Barnard, Craig and Tillinghast |
May |
Whipple's Brigade, Military District of Washington |
August 23 |
Moved to Cloud's Mills |
August 26-30 |
March to Manassas. Va., |
September |
Return to Washington and garrison Forts Albany, Craig, Tillinghast, Woodbury and DeKalb, Defenses South of the Potomac |
October |
Companies B, C, H and I attached to Defenses of Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
October 27 |
Companies C, H and I detached September 27, 1862, and moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
December |
Regiment attached to Artillery, District of Alexandria, Defenses of Washington |
December 23 |
Company B ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. and garrison duty there |
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February |
Regiment attached to Artillery, District of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps |
March |
Companies B, C, H and I attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
April |
Regiment attached to 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps |
June |
Companies B, C, H and I attached to Maryland Brigade, French's Command, 8th Army Corps |
June 10 |
Company I moved to Winchester |
June 13-15 |
Company I participated in the Battle of Winchester and retreat to Harper's Ferry. |
June 16-July 1 |
Company I: Defense of Harper's Ferry |
July |
Companies B, C, H and I attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
July 1-2 |
Company I: Evacuation of Harper's Ferry and march to Frederick, Md |
July 11-22 |
Company I on duty with Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
July 22 |
Company I moved to Harper's Ferry and duty there |
August |
Companies B, C, H and I attached to Maryland Heights Division, Dept. of West Virginia |
December 1 |
Company I ordered to Washington and rejoin Regiment. |
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April |
Regiment attached to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps |
May |
Regiment attached to 2nd Brigade, Tyler's Heavy Artillery Division, Army of the Potomac |
May 15-16 |
Moved to Join Army of the Potomac at Belle Plain, Va.; attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 19 |
Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road |
May 19-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
September 29 -
October 2 |
Peeble's Farm |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 31 |
Crow's House |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge, Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 11-13 |
March to Burkesville and duty there |
May 2-15 |
March to Washington |
May 15 |
Attached to Defenses of Washington, 22nd Army Corps; Camp at Bailey's Cross Roads |
May 23 |
Duty at Forts Ethan, Allen and Marcy |
June 15 |
Grand Review |
June 27 |
Duty at Forts C. F. Smith and Strong |
July 19 |
Duty at Fort Bunker Hill |
August 16 |
Mustered out |
August 25 |
Discharged at Gallop's Island, Boston Harbor |
