11th Massachusetts Battery | |
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Active | August 25, 1862 – May 29, 1863 January 2, 1864 – June 16, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Union Army |
Type | Field artillery |
Size | Battery |
Part of | Second term: Artillery Brigade, IX Corps |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Captain Edward J. Jones |
The 11th Massachusetts Battery (or 11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery) was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was formed in response to President Abraham Lincoln's August 1862 call for 300,000 men to serve for nine months. Several months after completing their first term of service, the battery was reorganized for a second term of three years (though the war ended before they could complete this term). It was recruited by Captain Edward J. Jones of Boston and consisted almost entirely of men from that city. The battery served a largely uneventful first term as garrison troops mostly in Centreville, Virginia. During their second term they were involved in heavy combat being part of the Army of the Potomac during Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign.