Tenth Battery,
Massachusetts Light Artillery
1862-1865
Tenth Battery,
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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;
| Name | Age | Town occupation |
Mustered | Record |
| Packard, Charles N. | 23 | N.Bridgewater farmer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Paine, Samuel, Cpl | 29 | Truro cabinet maker |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Park, George W. | 18 | Hardwick farmer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Parker, Adolphus B., Sgt | 24 | Southboro farmer |
9/9/62 | Cpl 3/3/63; Sgt 4/11/64; P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, VA; RTB 3/5/65; MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Parker, Benjamin F., Cpl | 26 | E.Boston teamster |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 as Sgt |
| Peach, James | 22 | Marblehead cordwainer |
9/9/62 | D/D 11/10/64 @ Washington, DC [B 8th Inf (3 mos)] |
| Pease, George A., Cpl | 27 | E.Boston machinist |
9/9/65 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Pedrick, Benjamin G. | 19 | Marblehead seaman |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 [ALSO US NAVY] |
| Phillips, Benjamin H. | 21 | Marblehead cordwainer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 9/9/65 [also B 8th Inf (3 mos) and US Navy] |
| Pierce, Charles E., 1st Sgt | 21 | Brookline bookkeeper |
9/9/65 | DFP 9/14/64; to 4th Hvy Arty as 2nd Lt; also H 4th Inf (3 mos), and D 4th Hvy Arty |
| Pierce, George H. | 18 | Northbridge bootmaker |
12/21/63 | Died of disease 3/5/64 @ Brandy Station, VA |
| Pierce, Leverett | 26 | Hardwick farmer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Pierce, Marcus M. | 21 | Northbridge bootmaker |
12/21/63 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Pierce, Waldo | 24 | Hardwick mechanic |
9/9/62 | Trn'frd to VRC 1/1/65; D/D 5/5/65 from E 3rd VRC |
| Pike, Hiram | 37 | Salisbury farmer |
12/26/63 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Prince, Charles E. | 18 | Cambridge clerk |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Proal, Thomas J. | 34 | Millbury mechanic |
11/12/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Putnam, George H. | 28 | S.Boston paver |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Putnam, George K. | 28 | E.Boston grocer |
9/9/62 | W/P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, VA; paroled 9/1/64; DOW 11/2/64 @ Annapolis, MD |
| Quimby, Elisha T. | 37 | Stoneham confectioner |
8/11/64 | D/D 11/11/64 |
| Quinn, George W. | 21 | Boston printer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 [also I 2nd Inf] |
| Quint, Louis E. | 18 | Hallowell, Maine farmer |
9/20/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Ramsdell, John M. | 29 | Hardwick farmer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Rawson, William | 29 | S.Boston carpenter |
9/9/62 | W/P 10/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; RTB, 2/20/65; MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Redfield, Timothy G. | 34 | Hardwick farmer |
9/9/62 | P 10/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; confined @ Salisbury, NC and Richmond, Va; died of disease 2/26/65 @ Richmond,Va, POW |
| Reid, Joshua T., bugler | 45 | Boston piano maker |
9/9/62 | D/D 1/2/65 @ Washington, DC |
| Rice, Albert E. | 19 | bootmaker |
8/5/64 (9th Btty) |
Trn'frd from 9th Btty; MO 5/17/65 @ Gallops Island |
| Richardson, Asa F., Cpl | 24 | Hardwick farmer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Richardson, Simeon G. | 21 | Boston teamster |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Riley, John | 28 | Roxbury laborer |
10/25/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Ring, Hiram P. | 23 | Brookline coachman |
9/9/65 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Name | Age | Town occupation |
Mustered | Record |
| Rising, Justus J. | 26 | Barre mechanic |
1/5/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Rollins, William G., 1 Lt | 35 | Boston oysterman |
9/9/62 | 2nd Lt, 2/5/64; 1st Lt, 11/1/64; MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Rooney, Francis | 27 | trader |
9/8/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 [also G 11 Inf] |
| Roundy, William S. | 21 | Marblehead cordwainer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Sanderson, Joseph F. | 18 | Barre farmer |
1/4/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Sawyer, Michael | 21 | E.Boston carpenter |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Schwartz, James L. | 18 | Charlestown sailmaker |
1/4/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Shattuck, Andrew B., Jr., Cpl | 24 | S.Boston engineer |
9/9/62 | Trn'frd 1/21/64 to VRC; MO 7/8/65 from C 11th VRC @ Providence, RI |
| Sheridan, Joseph | 43 | Barre laborer |
12/29/63 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Slack, Charles | 30 | Charlestown teamster |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Sleeper, J. Henry, Capt. | 25 | Boston | 9/9/62 | WIA 8/25/64 @ Reams Station, VA; resg'nd 2/27/65; Brevet Major [also spent 3 mos in 5th Inf,; 3 years in 1st Battery] {MAC} |
| Smith, Albert W. | 20 | harness maker |
1/5/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 {MHC} |
| Smith, Asa, 2 Lt | 29 | Ipswich | 11/4/62 | WIA 10/27/64 @ Hatcher's Run, VA; DOW, 10/28/64 @ City Point, VA |
| Smith, George A. | 22 | Marblehead farmer |
9/9/62 | P 10/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va (listed as Cpl); RTB 12/16/64; MOWB 6/9/65 [also C 8 Inf (3 mos)] |
| Smith, James D. | 18 | Rutland farmer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Smith, Thomas | 39 | Portland, Maine mariner |
1/14/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Snelling, John F. | 19 | Millbury filer |
12/26/63 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Southworth, Alvah F. | 19 | Hardwick farmer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Spooner, Albert B. | 19 | Barre farmer |
1/5/64 | Died of disease 8/20/64 @ Brattleboro, Vt |
| Starkweather, William H. | 21 | Boston conductor |
9/9/62 | WIA 10/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; MO 6/6/65 @ Washington, DC while absent wounded |
| Stetson, John H. | 21 | Barrre farmer |
1/6/64 | P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; exchanged prisoner of War 10/12/64 @ Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md; MOWB 6/9/65 |
Stevens, John H. |
22 | Marblehead cordwainer |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 [also B 8th Inf (3 mos)] |
| Stevens, Judson | 32 | E.Boston ship joiner |
12/24/63 | Died of disease 8/31/64 @ E.Boston while on furlough from the hospital at Blackwell's Island, NY |
| Stowell, David R. | 39 | E.Boston carpenter |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Strand, Thomas W. | 18 | Charlestown farrier |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Strout, Jonas W. | 27 | cooper |
1/9/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Sulham, Jacob B. | 28 | Cambridge teamster |
transf | Trn'frd from 16th Inf; MOWB 6/9/65 [also A 16th Inf] |
| Temple, Lyman W. | 25 | Boston teamster |
9/9/62 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Terbriggen, Peter A. | 39 | Boston tailor |
9/23/64 | MOWB 6/9/65 |
| Thayer, James L.W. | 25 | Hardwick farmer |
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.]
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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