The Battery lost during service 3 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 36 enlisted men to disease, a total of 40.
May 21, 1861 |
Organized at Lowell as Richardson's Light Guard; an Independent Infantry Company and mustered in |
May 22 |
Left State for Fortress Monroe, Va. and garrison duty there as Infantry |
December 25 |
Detached on Light Artillery duty and duty at Fort Monroe |
March 17. 1862 |
Designated 7th Massachusetts Battery and attached to Dept. of Virginia |
May 10 |
Occupation of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. |
May 13 |
Duty at Fort Monroe |
June 19 |
At Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia |
July 25 |
Moved to Yorktown, Va., and duty there |
September 29-
October 2 |
Moved to Suffolk, attached to Artillery Division at Suffolk, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
December 1-3 |
Expedition from Suffolk |
December 2 |
Action on the Blackwater, near Franklin |
January 30, 1863 |
Action at Deserted House, Va. |
March 17 |
Action at Franklin on the Blackwater |
April 11-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
April 12 and 14 |
Actions at Blackwater |
April 15 |
Somerton Road |
May 3 |
Providence Church Road |
May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk raised |
May 13-17 |
Expedition to Carrsville |
May 15-16 |
Holland House |
May 18 |
At Portsmouth |
June 24-July 7 |
Dix's Peninsula Campaign; Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
July 1-7 |
Expedition from White House to South Anna River |
July 4 |
South Anna Bridge |
July 5-14 |
March to Fort Monroe |
July 15 |
To Portsmouth |
July 20-22 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
July 23 |
Duty at Camp Marshall |
August 18-21 |
Moved to Alexandria, then to New York |
August 22 |
Duty in New York during draft troubles |
September 11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C and duty at Camp Barry |
January 24, 1864 |
Moved to Baltimore, Md.
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January 24 |
Sailed on Steamer "Arago" to New Orleans; Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 19th Array Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
February 5 |
At Apollo Stables |
March 19-31 |
Moved to Algiers, then to Alexandria, La. |
April 1-May 22 |
Red River Campaign |
April 29 to May 11 |
i Section stationed at Pineville |
May 13-20 |
Retreat to Morganza |
May 16 |
Mansura |
July 13 |
At Morganza |
May 30-June 6 |
Expedition to Atchafalaya River |
July 13-23 |
Moved to White River, Ark.; then to St. Charles |
August 6-13 |
Moved to Morganza |
September 3-11 |
Expedition to White River and St. Charles and duty there |
October 23-24 |
Moved to Duvall's Bluff |
November |
Attached to Reserve Artillery. Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi |
January 10-15, 1865 |
Moved to Kennersville, La. |
February 9-11 |
To Dauphin Island, Ala.; attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi |
March 17-April 12 |
Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses |
March 26-April 9 |
Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely |
April 9 |
Storming of Fort Blakely |
April 20-27 |
Moved from Mobile to Selma, Ala. |
April 27-30 |
To Montgomery; attached to Artillery, 1st Division. U.S. C. T., Military Division West Mississippi |
May 9-16 |
Moved to Mobile and duty there |
June 30-July 3 |
Moved to Galveston, Texas; attached to Dept. of Texas |
July 9 |
To Houston and duty there |
October 1-November 3 |
Moved to Boston, Mass., via Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, Port Royal, S.C., and New York |
November !0, 1865 |
Mustered out |
