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.
J. Henry Sleeper, Captain (Brevet Major)
{Commander 1862-1864; Wounded at Ream's Station, 8-25-64; Resigned February, 1864}
J. Webb Adams, Captain (Brevet Major)
{Commander 1864-1865}
Henry H. Granger, 1st Lt (Brevet Captain, Major, Lt Colonel)
{Originally raised Battery}
{Acting Commander, Wounded at Hatcher's Run 10-27-64, Died of Wounds 10-30-64}
William G. Rollins, 1st Lt
Millbrey Green, 1st Lt (Brevet Captain, Major)
Asa Smith, 2nd Lt
{Wounded at Hatcher's Run 10-27-64, Died of Wounds, 10-28-64}
Thomas R. Armitage, 2nd Lt
George H. Day, 2nd Lt
George M. Townsend, 2nd Lt
{When Battery colors were returned to the State House on December 19, 1865,
Lt Townsend,
with 25 members, represented the Battery.}
James S. Bailey, Jr., 1st Sgt
Otis N. Harrington, 1st Sgt
Charles E. Pierce, 1st Sgt
{Discharged and promoted 9/14/64 to 4th Mass Heavy Arty}
W. H. Fitzpatrick, QM Sgt
Bradlee, Samuel J., Sgt
{Discharged and promoted 12/2/63 to 14th Battery, MLA}
Joseph H. Currant, Sgt
Charles W. Doe, Sgt
Luther L. Estabrook, Sgt
Chandler Gould, Sgt
George F. Gould, Sgt
{Discharged and promoted 9/22/64 to 29th Mass Heavy Artillery}
Adolphus B. Parker, Sgt
Benjamin F. Parker, Sgt
Phillip T. Woodfin, Jr., Sgt
{Wounded 10/13/63; Discharged and promoted 3/19/64 to 16th Battery, MLA}
George W. Blair, Cpl
Burnham C. Clark, Cpl
Francis M. Estee, Cpl
Richard Goldsmith, Cpl
Francis M. Howes, Cpl
William B. Lemmon, Cpl
Charles E. Osborne, Cpl
Samuel Paine, Cpl
George A. Pease, Cpl
Asa F. Richardson, Cpl
Andrew B. Shattuck, Jr, Cpl
John H. Stevens, Cpl
Joshua T. Reid, Bugler
John E. Mugford, Bugler
Amasa D. Bacon, Artificer
Willard Y. Gross, Artificer
Abbott, Alvin POW 7/20/63 RTB 6/10/64
Abell, Samuel D/D 10/32/62
Adams, Joshua Webb, Captain Second Commander of the Battery, February, 1864
Adams, Lyman W. W/P 8/25/64
Alden, S. Augustus, QM Sgt POW 7/20/63 RTB 6/10/64
Allard, Lewis R. POW 7/20/63 RTB 6/10/64
Armitage, Thomas R. 2nd Lt
Atkinson, Daniel W. KIA 10/27/64
Bacon, Amasa D. artifacer
Bailey, James S., Jr. 1st Sgt
Barker, Cornelius N. D/D 5/27/63
Barnes, Hosea O. KIA 5/30/64
Bickford, William H. D 7/5/64
Billings, Alfred C. WIA 10/27/64
Billings, John D. Author of SLEEPER'S TENTH MASS BATTERY, HARD TACK AND COFFEE, as well as other books
Blair, George W. Cpl
Bradlee, Samuel J. Sgt DFP 12/2/63 to 14th Battery, MLA
Brooks, Joseph D/D 5/11/63
Brown, John P. POW 8/25/64; RTB 12/16/64 [also John Perry]
Brown, Oren P. WIA 8/25/64; D/D 6/9/65
Chase Frank A. POW 7/20/63 RTB 10/7/63
Childs, Jonathan E. D 11/15/62
Cook, Francis A. D/D 5/20/65
Cusick, Thomas POW 8/25/64; RTB 12/16/64
Damrell, Edwin F. WIA 5/12/64
Day, George H. 2 Lt
Devereaux, George N. WIA 8/25/64; DOW 8/27/64
Dixon, George M. D/D 1/21/63
Doe, Charles W. Sgt
Endicott, William E. POW 8/25/64
Ewell, Henry L. WIA 8/25/64; DOW 11/21/64
Farrell, Michael WIA 10/27/64
Fitzpatrick, William H. QM Sgt
Floytrop, Emil Christian [also Emil Wentworth]
Folley, Patrick [also Patrick Foley]
Foster, Samuel H. WIA 8/25/64
Frost, John C. D/D 9/25/63
Glidden, Oscar F. POW 8/25/64
Goodwin, John T. WIA 5/10/64, 8/25/64
Gould, Chandler Sgt D 10/5/64
Gould, George F. Sgt DFP 9/22/64 to 29th Mass Heavy Arty
Granger, Henry H. 1st Lt Raised the Battery; Acting C'mdr 8/25/64, WIA 10/27/64; DOW 10/30/64
Green, Charles W. P 8/25/64, D(POW) 1/13/65
Green, Milbury 1st Lt
Gross, Willard Y. Artifacer
Harrington, Otis N. Sgt D 7/30/63
Holbrook, Alexander W. D 8/16/64
Hooper, Benjamin G. WIA 8/25/64
Hooper, Joseph A. WIA 10/13/63; D/D 3/4/64
Hooper, William E. D/D 12/30/64
Howes, Francis M. Cpl P 8/25/64; RTB 1/10/65
Kay, James Missing 8/25/64; No Further Record
Macomber, Franklin L. P 8/25/64; D(POW) 12/28/64
Martin, Richard P 8/25/64; RTB 1/4/65
Mason, Charles A. KIA 8/25/64
Maxwell, Albert N. A. D 2/20/64
Millett, John POW 8/25/64; RTB 12/16/64
Moran, William [William G. Moran]
Mugford, John E. bugler POW 8/25/64; RTB 3/5/65
Mullett, Emerson B. KIA 5/10/64
Newton, Harmon D 9/18/64
Norton, John D 8/22/63
Oliver, Hiram B. D/D 7/15/65
Paine, Samuel Cpl
Parker, Adolphus B. Sgt POW 8/25/64; RTB 3/5/65
Peach, James D/D 11/10/64
Pease, George A. Cpl
Pierce, Charles E. 1st Sgt DFP 9/14/64 to 4th Mass Heavy Arty
Pierce, George H. D 3/5/64
Putnam, George K. W/P 8/25/64 paroled 9/1/64 DOW 11/2/64
Quimby, Elisha T. D/D 11/11/64
Rawson, William W/P 8/25/64; RTB 2/20/65
Redfield, Timothy G. POW 8/25/64; D(POW) 2/20/65
Reid, Joshua T. bugler D/D 1/2/65
Rollins, William G. 1 Lt
Sleeper, J. Henry Captain The first Commander of the Tenth, WIA 8/25/64; Res'd 2/17/64
Smith, Asa 2 Lt WIA 10/27/64; DOW 10/28/64
Smith, George A. POW 8/25/64; RTB 12/16/64
Spooner, Albert B. D 8/20/64
Starkweather, William H. WIA 8/25/64
Stetson, John H. W/P 8/25/64; RTB 10/12/64
Stevens, Judson D 8/31/64/
Thompson, Alvin POW 8/25/64; RTB 2/20/65
Thompson, Charles D. W/P 8/25/64; RTB 1/14/65
Thresher, Elbridge D. D 4/26/65
Townsend, George M. 2 LT
Ward, Franklin D 9/20/63
Wendell, Reuben B. D/D 2/24/63
White, Agustus C. WIA 5/10/64
Woodfin, Philip T. Jr. Sgt WIA 10/13/63; DFP 3/19/64 to 16th Battery, MLA
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; D, died
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