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Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters, Nims' Second Massachusetts Battery (search)
en and with eager eyes they sought to fathom the cause of the sounds, when tinkle-tinkle-tinkle came the sounds again and as it fell upon the ears of our men it took them back to their boyhood days when sent for the cows. They listened for the welcome sound of tinkle-tinkle-tinkle. Oh it is only an old cow in the brush: but they soon learned from the bullets' whiz that they had better be moving, and they did. Captain Russell. On another occasion Sergeant Lincoln and Privates Carter and Wilkins were on picket duty on the Port Hudson Road. Lincoln and Carter were fired on, their horses killed and Carter badly wounded. He dragged himself through the woods to a house where he was put into a wagon and brought to camp. Lincoln was stripped of his equipments and let go. The records during this period show that a soldier's life meant good hard work—even if fighting was not going on. Battery drill, gun drill, marching drill—all these filled the days and brought the battery to the hi
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters, Roster of Second Massachusetts Battery (search)
ergt.,30Chelsea, Ma.July 31, 1861Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment. Ward, John B., Sergt.,27Boston, Ma.Dec. 1, 1863Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Whitcher, Frank J., Sergt.,21Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Dec. 17, 1861, Sec. Lieut. 1st Md. Bat'y. Wilkins, Robert J.,27Boston, Ma.Feb. 16, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Second Battery Light Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteers—（three years.)—Continued. Name and Rank.Age.Residence orDate of Muster.Termination of Service and Cause Th., Corp.,23Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Sept. 30, 1861, disability. Welch, Henry, Corp.,21Pittsfield, Ma.Jan. 4, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Whitmore, Benjamin F., Corp.,26Boston, Ma.Feb. 16, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Wilkins, Robert J., Corp.,25Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Feb. 15, 1864, re-enlistment. Hodgdon, Moses, Bugler,19Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Hughes, John, Bugler,22Barnstable, Ma.Jan. 25, 1864Died July 23, 1865, Vicksburg, <