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7th Battery
Massachusetts Light Artillery
in the Civil War
| Regimental History |
| Seventh Battery, Light Artillery. — Capts., Phineas Alonzo Davis,
Newman W. Storer. The battery numbered 13 officers, and 349 men, of whom 5 men were killed
or died of wounds, and 1 officer and 30 men died by accident or disease. It was recruited
at Lowell as an infantry company, called the Richardson Light Infantry, and was mustered
into the U. S. service for three years at Boston May 21, 1861. It embarked for Fortress
Monroe May 22, and performed provost duty there until Dec. 25, when it engaged in
artillery drill and was reorganized as the 7th Mass. battery on March 17, 1862. As
infantry it joined in the expedition to Norfolk May 10, returned to Fortress Monroe, and
when completely equipped as a battery, left for Newport News on June 19. The months of
August and September were spent in camp at Yorktown, after which it was at Suffolk, until
Jan., 1863. During an expedition to the Blackwater river the battery took part in a sharp
engagement at Deserted house, Jan. 30. It was engaged at Franklin; in active duty during
the siege of Suffolk; took part in the engagements at Providence Church road, and the
expedition to Carrsville ; was ordered to Washington in July, and on Aug. 21, to New York
city to prevent further draft riots. In September it returned to Washington and remained
at Camp Barry until the end of the year. Late in Jan., 1864 it embarked for New Orleans,
where it was assigned to the 2nd division, 19th corps, under Gen. Grover, and started for
Brashear City, but returned to New Orleans. During April the battery was posted at
Alexandria, with the exception of one section which was located at Pineville. On May 4 it
went on an expedition to Wilson's plantation; with its division it took part in the
engagement at Mansura; then proceeded to Morganza bend and went into camp, and no
important action occurred during the remainder of the year. In Jan., 1865, the battery
embarked for Kennerville, La., and on Feb. 9, for Dauphin island, Ala., to take part in
the operations against Mobile. On March 18 it was assigned to the 1st division, 13th
corps; was engaged daily at Spanish Fort from March 27 to April 8; shared in the assault
on Fort Blakely the following day, and entered Mobile on the 15th. After several
expeditions in Alabapia, it embarked on June 30 for Galveston; moved to Houston, but
returned to Galveston and soon afterward to New Orleans. It sailed for Massachusetts on
Oct. 14, and was mustered out at Galloupe's island, Nov. 10, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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