Roster of the 9th Mass. Battery
Fort Ramsay Uptons Hill, Va.
March 7, 1863
Commissioned Officers
Captain - John Bigelow
1st Lieutenant - Christopher Erickson
1st Lieutenant - Alexander H. Whittaker
2nd Lieutenant - George W. Foster
2nd Lieutenant - Richard S. Milton
Non-commissioned Officers
Sergeant Major - George H. Prescott
Quartermaster - Sergeant James W. Reed Jr.
Staff
Bugler - Charles W. Reed
Bugler - Orin Reynolds
Guidon - John U. Allen
Clerk - William B. Pearce
Artificer - Edward Rouse
Artificer - Herman Jansen
Extra Duty Artificer - George F. Boston
Extra Duty Artificer - Charles Simmings
Extra Duty Artificer - George B. Morse
Stable Sergeant - Nelson Lowell
Care of Officers' Horses - John H. Kelly
Mule Driver - Henry F. Dearborn
Mule Driver - Charles E. Lord
Mule Driver - Charles H. Brickett
Chief Cook - John W. Byrnes
Cook - James E. Kimball
Cook - Austin Packard
Cook - James Whitney
Officers' Cook - Nahum A. Doe
First Detachment
Sergeant George Murray
Gunner Corporal William L. Dawes
Caisson Corporal John Q. Adams
No. 1 Henry Fenn
No. 2 Albert B. Smith
No. 3 Zadiac D. Nichols
No. 4 Charles B. Nutting
No. 5 Alfred Clement
No. 6 Joseph A. Chapin
No. 7 Adolph Lipman
Gun Lead Driver - Alfred Morse
Gun Swing Driver - John H. Nickelson
Gun Wheel Driver - Samuel Tobey
Caisson Lead Driver - George Doherty
Caisson Swing Driver - John Buckman
Caisson Wheel Driver - Samuel W. Barnard
The first part of the roster was transcribed by David Wright and the Appendix was transcribed by Ed Norris.
Second Detachment
Sergeant Charles E. Dodge
Gunner Corporal William L. Tucker
Caisson Corporal Francis C. Tucker
No. 1 Daniel P. Doyle
No. 2 John R. Martin
No. 3 James M. Howland
No. 4 Stillson H. Dow
No. 5 Joseph W. Wilkinson Jr.
No. 6 William J. Doe
No. 7 Eugene Tufts
Gun Lead Driver - Michael McCarroll
Gun Swing Driver - Arthur Murphy
Gun Wheel Driver - John Crosson
Caisson Lead Driver - Peter Fisher Jr.
Caisson Swing Driver - Edwin H. Babson
Caisson Wheel Driver - Melville Hatch
Third Detachment
Sergeant John H. Whittemore
Gunner Corporal John V. Huntress
Caisson Corporal Charles H. Hall
No. 1 John A. McCarty
No. 2 Charles A. Gwinn
No. 3 Charles A. Hall
No. 4 John H. Sullivan
No. 5 John W. McDonald
No. 6 John J. Barry
No. 7 Walter Lee
Gun Lead Driver - James McDavitt
Gun Swing Driver - Samuel C. Glover
Gun Wheel Driver - Nathan H. Brand
Caisson Lead Driver - Horace Prescott
Caisson Swing Driver - George F. W. Haines
Caisson Wheel Driver - Horatio C. Knights
Fourth Detachment
Sergeant John L. Fenton
Gunner Corporal Levi Lincoln
Caisson Corporal William Park Jr.
No. 1 Stephen N. Parker
No. 2 Enoch B. Lord
No. 3 Bernard E. Murray
No. 4 William H. Hunson
No. 5 John H. Manning
No. 6 Charles Downing
No. 7 John P. Ayres
Gun Lead Driver - Lucian J. Sanderson
Gun Swing Driver - Edwin F. Currell
Gun Wheel Driver - David J. Harmon
Caisson Lead Driver - James Dalton
Caisson Swing Driver - Thomas Sprague
Caisson Wheel Driver - John C. Woodward
Fifth Detachment
Sergeant Joseph Hirst
Gunner Corporal Augustus Hesse
Caisson Corporal Joseph R. Brown
No. 1 John Ligal
No. 2 George W. Carter
No. 3 David Brett
No. 4 John K. Norwood
No. 5 John H. Wiley
No. 6 Norman F. Cate
No. 7 Jesse S. Sherburne
Gun Lead Driver - James F. Gillson
Gun Swing Driver - Quincy A. Merritt
Gun Wheel Driver - Ralph C. Blaisdale
Caisson Lead Driver - Edwin Bolitho
Caisson Swing Driver - Louis L. Langelier
Caisson Wheel Driver - George H. Ransom
Sixth Detachment
Sergeant Joseph Akerman
Gunner Corporal Levi W. Baker
Caisson Corporal Isaac F. Eaton
No. 1 Henry F. Nash
No. 2 Edwin R. Knapp
No. 3 James L. Clapp
No. 4 Richard Holland
No. 5 John B. Stowe
No. 6 Zimri Whitney
No. 7 Elbridge Wilkins
Gun Lead Driver - Albert Taylor
Gun Swing Driver - Eleazor Cole
Gun Wheel Driver - Henry H. Burditt
Caisson Lead Driver - Reuben B. Rice
Caisson Swing Driver - William H. Strong
Caisson Wheel Driver - Charles A. Tibbetts
Forge
Lead Driver - James A. Harvey
Swing Driver - Thomas Fisher
Wheel Driver - Vincent Regali
Battery Wagon
Lead Driver - Bartlett C. Edson
Swing Driver - Emerson A. Noyes
Wheel Driver - Daniel B. Jenness
Ambulance
Driver - Orin C. Hussey
-- Appendix --
Spare Men
1 Stephen H. Goodwin
2 Gardner S. Garey
3 Marcena L. Martin
4 Reuben L. Willis
Absent Sick in Hospital
1. Sergeant Joseph Ackerman - At Odd Fellows since Dec. 24 1862: sickness Dysentery. At Washington D.C.
2. W. W. Snelling, Sgt. - Reduced to the ranks Feb. 10th 1863 for un-soldier like conduct. Sick at Lincoln Hospital since Feb. 18 1863 with the consumption.
3. John Soheibler - At Portsmouth Grove R. J. since November 19, 1862 with rheumatism.
4. Thomas Murray - At Galvert Stout Hospital, Baltimore, Md since November 20th 1862" sick from the effects of being kicked by a mule.
5. Henry Packard - At Stanton Hospital, Washington DC since January 19, 1863. Injuries received from a fall.
6. Henry A. Packard - At Philadelphia Pa. Since November 19, 1862. Foot injured by wheel of gun passing over it.
7. George A Tucker - At Philadelphia Pa. Since November 19, 1862. Sickness - Jaundice.
8. Samuel Whittemore - At Stanton Hospital, Washington D.C. since Feb. 17, 1863. General disability.
9. Frederick Kenniston - At home on a furlough: given by surgeon at hospital to recruit his health.
Discharges
1. Francis Quaranta - Discharged Nov. 7th 1862. Reason. Ignorance of English language.
2. Sgt. John Cortipass - Discharged Jan. 13, 1863. Reason. Physical Disability.
3. Corp. Henry A. Hills - Discharged Dec. 18, 1862. Reason. Physical Disability.
4. Michael Lastrico - Discharged Jan. 8, 1863. Reason. Physical Disability.
5. Hiram Z. Miles - Discharged Nov. 15, 1862. Reason. Physical Disability.
6. Charles L. Sawin - Discharged Dec. 30, 1862. Reason. Physical Disability.
7. John A. Folsom - Discharged Jan. 20, 1863. Reason. Physical Disability.
8. Warren H. Trask - Discharged Feb. 20, 1863. Reason. Physical Disability.
9. Hiram W. Fay - Discharged Dec. 23, 1862. Reason. Physical Disability.
Died
George W. Strafford of Lawerence Mass, At Emore Hospital Washington D.C. November 10th 1862.
Deserted
1. George Harris at Readville, Aug. 10/62
2. Louis Pinti at Uptons Hill, Va. Aug. 28/63
3. John Gazzle at Uptons Hill, Va. Feb 19, 1963
4. Charles F. Loring at Readville. Aug. 26, 1862
Recruits
1. Alfred A. Spaulding. Enlisted at Lynnfield but never mustered in with the Battery. Joined the Battery at Fort Ramsay. March 4th 1863.
2. Charles Downings. Recruited at Washington D.C. March 4th 1863.