Abbreviations used: KIA, killed in action; DOW, died of wounds; WIA, wounded in action; MIA, missing in action; W/P, wounded, taken prisoner; P, taken prisoner; CBG, captured by guerillas; RTB, paroled and returned to Battery; VRC, Veterans Reserve Corps; DFP, discharged for promotion; D/D, discharged for disability; MOWB, mustered out with Battery; MO, mustered out;

Alphabetical Roster

Abbott - Colbath

Name	Age	Town occupation	Mustered	Record
Abbott, Alvin	29	E.Boston teamster	9/9/62	P (CBG) 7/20/63; RTB, 6/10/64; MOWB 9/9/65
Abell, Samuel	39	Boston clerk	9/9/62	D/D, 10/23/62 @ Boston, MA
Adams, Daniel D.	28	Brookline mason	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Adams, Joshua Webb, Cpt	39	Boston paperhanger	9/9/62	Commissioned Capt 2/27/65 [took over when Sleeper resigned] MOWB 6/9/65; Brevet Major
Adams, Lyman W.	31	Barrre blacksmith	1/5/64	W/P, @ Reams Station, VA 10/25/64; paroled; MOWB 6/9/65
Alden, S. Augustus	27	Cambridge apothecary	9/9/62	P (CBG) 7/20/63; paroled; MOWB 6/9/65 [also listed as QM Sgt]
Allard, Lewis R.	26	Boston teamster	9/9/62	P (CBG) 7/20/63; paroled; MOWB 6/9/65
Allen, Joseph P.	27	W.Boylston shoemaker	9/7/64	MOWB 6/9/65; [also G 25th Inf]
Allen William	21	Marblehead cordwainer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Amsden, Charles W.	18	Barre mechanic	8/29/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Apthorp, John P.	23	N.Bridgewater teacher	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Armitage, Thomas P., 2 Lt	36	Charlestown sailmaker	9/9/62	Resg'nd 2/4/64
Ashcroft, Elias	29	S.Boston grocer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Atkinson, Daniel W.	27	Brookline carpenter	9/9/62	KIA @ Hatcher'sRun,VA,10/27/64
Atwood, Edwin T.	25	Boston clerk	9/9/62	D/D,5/13/63 @ Boston, MA
Atwood, Sewall A.	30	Lowell teamster	8/8/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Bacon, Amasa D., artifacer	25	Boston blacksmith	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Bailey, James S., Jr., Cpl	21	Marblehead cordwainer	9/9/62	Cpl, 3/19/64; P 8/25/64 @ Reams Station, VA; RTB, 12/16/64; 1st sgt, 3/19/65; MOWB 6/9/65 [also 3 mos in 8th Inf]
Bailey, John W.	30	Canton welder	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Barker, Cornelius N.	43	E.Cambridge clothing cutter	9/9/62	D/D,5/27/63 2 Washington, DC
Barnes, Hosea O.	21	Boston grocer	9/9/62	KIA 5/30/64 @ Jones Farm, VA (near Totopotomoy Creek, Va)
Bastable, William M.	21	Marblehead shoemaker	11/28/63	Deserted 5/19/64, while on detached service w/ Bt'ry K, 4th US Arty
Baxter, John F.	30	Charlestown upholsterer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Beals, Horace B.	23	Boston clerk	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Beck, Tobias	26	Charlestown paper hanger	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Bemis, Herman N.	23	Rutland shoemaker	8/30/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Bemis, Roswell	43	Rutland shoemaker	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Bickford, William H.	21	E.Boston car trimmer	9/9/62	Died (disease), 6/5/64 @ Carver General Hospital, Washington, DC
Billings, Alfred C.	22	Canton laborer	8/30/64	WIA, 10/27/64 @ Hatcher's Run, VA; MOWB 6/9/65
Billings, John D.	19	Canton machinist	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65

Name	Age	Town occupation	Mustered	Record
Birmingham, Michael	24	E.Abington shoemaker	9/8/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Blackmer, Daniel C.	37	North Dana mechanic	8/22/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Blair, George W., Cpl	29	Roxbury blacksmith	9/21/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Blandin Arthur A.	19	Charlestown laborer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Blaney, William T.	21	Marblehead shoemaker	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Bradlee, Samuel J.	29	Boston broker	9/9/62	[Also listed as Sgt] DFP, 12/2/63; [3rd Hvy Arty, 14thBtry]
Bradley, John	36	New York City laborer	1/18/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Bright, Alonzo	23	Canton carpenter	1/5/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Brooks, Joseph	34	E.Boston ship joiner	9/9/62	D/D 5/11/63 @ Washington, DC
Brown, Frederick F.	25	Boston clerk	9/9/62	Deserted 1/2/63, Washington, DC
Brown, John P.	22	Marblehead seaman	9/9/62	P @ Reams Station, VA 10/25/64; RTB 12/16/64; MOWB 6/9/65 also B, 8th Inf and US Navy as "John Perry"]
Brown, Oren P.	36	Boston laborer	12/26/63	WIA @ Reams Station, VA 10/25/64;D/D 9/9/65
Browning, James W.	19	Petersham laborer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Bruce, Charles E.	30	E.Boston police officer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Burroughs, Isaac N.	28	Charlestown blacksmith	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Butterfield, Norman H.	22	Hardwick farmer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Campbell, Michael	36	Boston sailor	1/13/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [also H 48 Inf (9 mos) and US Navy
Carr, John H.	30	Charlestown painter	1/1/64	Transfered to VRC (date not shown); MO 7/10/65 from F 20th VRC @ Philadelphia, PA
Carr, Patrick	25	Canton bootmaker	9/20/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Carter, Theodore, A.	18	Barre palm leaf splitter	12/29/63	MOWB 6/9/65
Chase, Charles L.	28	Charlestown painter	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65 [also C 5th Inf (3 mos)]
Chase Frank A.	26	Charlestown ship carpenter	9/9/62	P (CBG) 7/20/63; RTB 10/7/63; MOWB 6/9/65
Chase, Harrison	36	Southboro bootmaker	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Childs, Jonathan E.	19	Rutland shoemaker	9/9/62	Died of disease 11/15/62 @ Washington, DC
Church, Edwin H.	30	Lynn shoemaker	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Clark, Burnham C., Cpl	28	Brookline coachman	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Clark, Charles F.	22	Plainville, CT machinist	11/11/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Clark, George L.	26	Marblehead cordwainer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Clark, William H.	21	Plainfield farmer	11/30/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Colbath, Charles G.	44	Brookline carpenter	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65

{Final Resting Place - MHC, Mount Hope Cemetary, Boston; MAC, Mount Auburn Cemetary, Cambridge}

note - a "cordwainer" was a shoemaker.

Other units referred to: 1st Mass Battery; 3rd Mass Heavy Artillery; 4th Mass Heavy Artillery; 16th Battery Mass Light Artillery; 29th Unnattached Company of Heavy Artillery; 4th Mass Infantry; 5th Mass Infantry; 8th Mass Infantry; 14th Battery Mass Light Artillery; 25th Mass Infantry [Any unit not designated US, or by state, are Massachusetts units.]

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This information compiled from Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, The Adjutant General, 1932, and Sleeper's 10th Massachusetts Battery, by John D. Billings, 1881 with additional information from the Massachusetts Military Archives, Worcester, MA, and is presented by the Tenth Mass Battery Association.

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