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regiment. As artillery units required more men, fifty additional soldiers were added to each company and two additional ones were formed. They served in several military garrisons around Washington, including forts
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George Burlingame of 1st Mass. Regiment in G.A.R. parade of 29 September 1915. He was dressed in same uniform and carried his old rifle and dusty knapsack that he carried in review of 1865, Washington,
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A battalion of two companies were detached (two more joined a month or two later) on 27 September 1862 and sent to Maryland Heights, where they were to serve until December 1863. When the
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Following Lee's surrender in April 1865, the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery returned to Washington, DC and stationed the forts until they were mustered out in August. They returned to
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Through its four years of service, the regiment had a total of 2552 soldiers in its ranks, consisting of 24 field officers and staff, 111 line officers, and 2417 enlisted men.
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in June 1863, Company I stayed behind to destroy the guns and ammunition, and 44 men were captured on 10 June. At this time, Company H was covering the army's retreat from
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on the 16 June 1864, and lost 25 killed and 132 wounded. They remained as part of the siege of the city until April 1865. During this time, they were also involved in the
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A total of 486 officers and men were lost, 215 of them killed or died of wounds, 115 died by disease or accident, 156 died as prisoners, and four dead listed as MIA.
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History of the First Regiment of Heavy Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteers, formerly the Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry, 1861-1865 (1917)
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The 14th Massachusetts Infantry began its recruitment in spring 1861, with most of its members coming from
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on 19 May 1864. In this battle, they lost 55 killed, 312 wounded, and 27 missing. In reserve during the
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On 17 May 1864, many heavy artillery regiments filled in as infantry units and joined the
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On 26 August 1862, the regiment was sent to the front, and was present at the
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Lieutenant James L. Hall of Co. L, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment
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Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-65, Vol I
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Men of the 1st Massachusetts burying fallen comrades after the
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Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
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On 1 January 1862, the regiment was reorganized and became a
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1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment, U.S. Volunteers
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on 23–26 May 1864, losing only 1 killed, they moved on to
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Massachusetts
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Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War
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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (State Historian) (1896).
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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until the 25th, when they were paid and discharged.
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1st Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment
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1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
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1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery

Battle of Spotsylvania
United States of America
Union
United States Army
Heavy artillery
Colonel
William B. Greene
Lieutenant Colonel


Union Army
American Civil War
Essex County
Washington, DC
William B. Greene
West Point
Florida Indian Wars
16th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
heavy artillery
Woodbury
Tillinghast
Craig
Albany
Second Battle of Bull Run
Union army
Winchester, VA
Harpers Ferry
Army of the Potomac

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