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

Holbrook - Otis

Name	Age	Town occupation	Mustered	Record
Holbrook, Alexander W.	21	Charlestown boat builder	9/9/62	Died (disease) 8/16/64 @ Brattleboro, VT
Hooper, Benjamin G.	20	Marblehead farmer	9/9/62	WIA 10/25/64 Ream's Station, Va; MOWB 6/9/65
Hooper, Joseph A.	23	Marblehead seaman	9/9/62	WIA 10/13/63 @ Auburn, VA; Dis'cd for wounds 3/4/64 @ Washington, DC
Hooper, William E.	23	York, Maine clerk	1/2/64	D/D 12/30/64 @ Ft Washington, MD [also K 27th Maine Inf]
Horrigan, Richard	19	Boston machinist	9/9/62	D/D 1/2/64 @ Alexandria, VA
Howes, Francis M., Cpl	19	Canton machinist	9/9/62	P 10/25/64 @ Ream's Station, VA; RTB 1/10/65; MOWB 6/9/65
Hunt, Leroy E.	18	Rutland farmer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Innis, George H.	21	Boston baker	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Jewell, Edwin C.	22	Canton machinist	8/30/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Johnson, Stephen H.	26	Boston teamster	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Jones, Henry	40	Chelsea carpenter	1/5/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [also H 50th Inf (9 mos)]
Kay, James	29	Northbridge bootmaker	12/10/63	MIA 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station; officially, no further record; believed to have died in battle, body not recovered *1*
Keefe, Daniel	26	Canton machinist	12/5/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [also A 4th Inf (9 mos)]
Killoran, Hugh	28	E.Boston wire maker	12/30/63	Disc to date 12/29/64
Knowland, John H.	22	Marblehead seaman	9/9/62	MO 5/18/65 @ Readville, MA [also C 8th Inf (3 mos)]
Lear, Joseph	35	Millbury shoemaker	11/12/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Leavitt, Moses	22	seaman	3/8/64	Reported tran'frd to K 4th US Arty; does not appear that he ever joined 10th Mass or 4th US
Lee, James	26	E.Abington shoemaker	9/8/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Lemmon, William B., Cpl	21	Marblehead cordwainer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65 [also B 8th Inf (3 mos)]
Lohan, Francis	21	Marblehead shoemaker	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Lucas, James A.	18	St. John, NB moulder	8/9/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Macomber, Franklin L.	28	Boston carpenter	3/8/64	P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; died 12/28/64 @ Salisbury, NC as POW
Martin, Richard	23	Marblehead seaman	9/9/62	P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; RTB 1/4/65; MOTB 6/9/65
Martin, William H.	23	Marblehead cordwainer	9/9/62	D/D 4/22/63 @ Washington, DC
Mason, Charles A.	18	Northbridge bootmaker	12/21/63	KIA 10/25/64 @ Ream's Station, VA
Maxwell, Albert N. A.	21	E.Boston fireman	9/9/62	Died of disease 2/20/64 @ Washington, DC
Maynard, John C.	28	Hubbardston hostler	10/28/64	MOWB 6/9/65
McAllister, Daniel	30	Cambridge wheelwright	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
McAuliffe, Cornelius	39	N.Bridgewater shoemaker	9/2/64	D/D 6/17/65 @ Philadelphia, PA

Name	Age	Town occupation	Mustered	Record
Mercier, Moses	20	Canada bricklayer	11/21/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Merrill, Alonzo N.	29	Marblehead cordwainer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Miller, Daniel H.	36	tinman	8/18/64	Dis'cd 9/1/64, rejected recruit [also A 3rd Hvy Arty]
Millett, John	28	Marblehead shoemaker	9/9/62	P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; RTB 12/16/64; MOTB 6/9/65 [C 8th Inf (3 mos)]
Mins, Francis	32	Hubbardston farmer	12/28/63	MOWB 6/9/65
Monroe, Frank A.	21	Worcester clerk	1/5/64	Trn'frd to F 20th VRC; D/D 6/30/65 @ Philadelphia, PA
Montague, Francis	21	Liverpool, England soldier	6/11/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [also E 3rd US Arty]
Moran, William	20	Charlestown sailmaker	2/8/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [real name William G. Moran]
Mugford, John E., bugler	29	Boston musical instrument maker	9/9/62	P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, VA; RTB 3/5/65; MOWB 6/9/65
Mullett, Emerson B.	19	Barre farmer	1/4/64	KIA 5/10/64 @ Po River, VA
Murphy, Henry	18	St. John, NB moulder	8/9/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Neagle, Patrick E.	32	Charlestown upholsterer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Nelson, John	24	St. Louis, MO harness maker	6/21/64	Arrv'd @ Camp distribution, VA 7/16/64; sent to Camp Taylor, 8/11/64, no further record
Nesbitt, John	37	E.Boston blacksmith	12/26/63	MOWB 6/9/65
Newton, Harmon	31	Hardwick farmer	9/9/62	Died of disease 9/18/64 @ Lincoln Hosp, Washington, DC
Nichols, George	25	Boston wool sorter	11/11/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Nichols, George H.	21	S.Boston painter	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Nichols, William B.	29	S.Boston painter	2/2/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Northey, William E.	22	Charlestown restaurant	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Norton, John	24	Boston laborer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Nowell, Timothy	30	Cambridge oysterman	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
O'Connell, Jeremiah	23	shoemaker	9/10/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [also F 1st US Arty, 1/11/61 - 1/12/64]
O'Connor, Daniel A.	21	Canton dyer	8/31/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Oliver, Hiram B.	25	Rutland shoemaker	9/9/62	D/D 7/15/65
O'Neill, Michael B.	25	E.Boston painter	11/27/63	MOWB 6/9/65
Orcutt, Henry	40	Brookline blacksmith	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Orcutt, Mears	36	Brookline car driver	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Osborne, Charles E., Cpl	21	Marblehead mariner	9/9/65	MOWB 6/9/65
Osborne, William	22	Boston sailor	9/27/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Otis, Samuel	32	S.Danvers painter	11/22/64	MOWB 6/9/65

*1* There is a note in The Mass Archives mentioning that is was believed that he had died on the field, but his body was not recovered.

{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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