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

Thompson - Wright

Name	Age	Town occupation	Mustered	Record
Thompson, Alvin	23	W.Alberg, Vt laborer	1/21/64	P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, Va; RTB 2/20/65; MOWB 6/9/65
Thompson, Charles D.	21	W.Alberg, Vt laborer	1/21/64	W/P 8/25/64 @ Ream's Station, VA; RTB 1/14/65; MOWB 6/9/65
Thresher, Elbridge D.	21	Hardwick mechanic	1/5/64	Died of disease 4/26/65 @ Arty Brigade Hosp, 2nd Army Corps, Burkeville Station, Va
Towle, Mathew	18	Brookline butcher	2/18/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Townsend, George M., Cpl	20	Boston clerk	9/9/62	Sgt, 12/3/62; 1st sgt, 11/1/64; 2nd Lt, 3/27/65; MOWB 6/9/65
Trefry, William A.	21	Marblehead seaman	9/9/62	dis'c 6/16/65, order of War Dept
Warburton, Hiram	22	Ware wool sorter	9/962	MOWB 6/9/65
Ward, Franklin	38	N.Bridgewater carpenter	9/9/62	Died of disease 9/20/63 @ Baltimore, Md
Wendell, Reuben B.	32	E.Boston clerk	9/9/62	D/D 2/24/63 @ Baltimore, Md
Whalen, Daniel	21	Canton laborer	8/31/64	MOWB 6/9/65
Wheelock, Oliver W.	18	Barre farmer	1/4/64	MOWB 6/9/65
White, Agustus C.	19	Boston clerk	9/9/62	WIA 5/10/64 @ Po River, VA;MOWB 6/9/65
White, John D.	22	W.Boylston shoemaker	9/7/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [B 3rd Rifles, E 21st Inf]
Whiting, Edwin S.	27	Petersham farmer	12/22/63	MOWB 6/9/65
Wilson, Everett J.	23	Worcester wire drawer	transf	Trn'frd from 11th Inf; MOWB 6/9/65 [C 11th Inf]
Wilson, Jonas W.	27	Charlestown provision dealer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Winslow, Henry B., Jr	18	Marblehead farmer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Woodard, James J.	25	Prescott farmer	9/9/62	Deserted from Camp Barry, Washington, DC
Woodfin, Philip T. Jr., Sgt	22	Marblehead shoe cutter	9/9/62	WIA 10/13/63 @ Auburn, VA; DFP 3/19/64 16th Btry [also 8th Inf (3 mos)]
Woodis, Charles E.	18	Rutland farmer	9/9/62	MOWB 6/9/65
Wright, Rufus C.	27	Framingham clerk	1/5/64	MOWB 6/9/65 [also K 65th NY Inf]

{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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