What's New on the Site

What's New on the 9th Battery Mass. Vols. Site

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September 19, 2009 - Added the grave of George Gardner.
September 18, 2009 - Added the grave of Edward LeBrun.
July 31, 2009 - Added the grave of Byron Porter.
July 27, 2009 - Added a photograph of James L. Clapp's government headstone.
July 24, 2009 - Added the grave of James V. Gurney.
July 5, 2009 - Added the grave of Horace Prescott.
June 5, 2009 - Added the grave of Michael Flannery.
May 29, 2009 - Added the new government groundmarker of Ezra Baxter Jr.
April 28, 2009 - Added a photograph of the gravestone for George A. Barnard.
April 18, 2009 - Added the graves of Thomas F. Longley and Thomas Sprague and the 2009 schedule of events.
April 12, 2009 - Updated middle name and birth information for Joseph C. Barnes.
March 12, 2009 - Added the grave information for Charles E. Dodge.
March 8, 2009 - Added the grave information for Francis C. Tucker and update the cemtery information for Marcena L. Martin.
March 6, 2009 - Added the grave information for Joseph C. Barnes.
March 5, 2009 - Added a photograph of Marcena L. Martin's gravestone.
February 14, 2009 - Added Emma S. Cate to the list of Woman's Relief Corps.
January 23, 2009 - Added a photograph of Henry Noble's gravestone.
January 1, 2009 - Added a link to a video of the battery at Long Meddowe Days - May 17, 2008.
December 8, 2008 - Added a note concerning Charles C. Wheelock's pending death.
December 1, 2008 - Added an obituary and funeral notice for Joseph A. Chapin.
August 14, 2008 - Added information about the G.A.R. searching for John Carter.
July 19, 2008 - Added a Channel 3 report about the Battery presenting to students.
May 31, 2008 - Corrected information about Joseph Hirst's burial location, added "Gratitude of Patriotism" certificate presented to Albert Taylor, added a presentation plate given to Capt. John Bigelow, and added G.A.R. information for Francis M. Shaw.
May 18, 2008 - Added Sylvester Horton's G.A.R. information.
February 12, 2008 - Added information about the burial location for John H. Manning.
January 9, 2008 - Updated James N. Dunn's burial information with his new gravestone.
October 25, 2007 - Added information about the Gettysburg BattleWalks DVD.
September 1, 2007 - Added information about John U. Allen.
August 28, 2007 - Added the grave location for George Conway.
August 27, 2007 - Added the grave of Sylvester Horton and updated the reenactors.
July 7, 2007 - Added the grave of Ezra Baxter Jr.
June 16, 2007 - Added the graves of Norman F. Cate and John H. Whittemore and a photograph and burial location for James N. Dunn.
June 5, 2007 - Added information about the interment of John L. Fenton.
May 22, 2007 - Added photographs of new ground markers for James McDavitt and Thomas Tynan.
April 12, 2007 - Added information about the Massachusetts Minute Men 1861 medal given to Matthew M. Adams.
April 6, 2007 - Added a photograph of Peter Fisher Jr.
April 5, 2007 - Added a photograph of John W. McDonald.
March 24, 2007 - Added G.A.R. information for Willard Chaffin.
February 27, 2007 - Added the grave of William W. Lincoln.
January 3, 2007 - Updated information about Dr. Hammond and his continuing with the Battery.
December 28, 2006 - Added information about the grave of George C. Morse.
November 20, 2006 - Added the grave of William W. Snelling.
October 16, 2006 - Added obituaries for Eugene Tufts and John C. Woodard, a funeral notice for Horace Record, and information about the date of death for Nahum A. Doe.
October 15, 2006 - Added obituaries for Shadrach B. Curtis, David I. Harmon, John H. Manning, Bernard E. Murray, and John K. Norwood.
October 14, 2006 - Added a photograph of George Booth Jr. and a death notice for Achille De Vecchi.
October 11, 2006 - Added information about the Gettysburg Pilgrim Club and updated the presidents of the 9th Battery Association.
October 8, 2006 - Added information about the 9th Battery Association and a speech given to the Association about the death of Richard S. Milton.
September 22, 2006 - Added the graves of James McDavitt and John H. Sullivan. Added an article which appeared in The Boston Globe, July 4, 1903, in which John Howard Sullivan describes his experience at Gettysburg.
September 17, 2006 - Added obituaries for James W. Reed and Robert S. Reed. General updating of the veterans' organizations.
September 13, 2006 - Added obituaries for Bartlett C. Edson and Richard Holland. Added information about other veteran organizations.
September 12, 2006 - Added an obituary for Daniel Benham.
September 11, 2006 - Added an obituary for William Kelley and a death notice for Charles O. Pike.
September 9, 2006 - Added information about the DVD "Horses of Gettysburg".
September 7, 2006 - Added a funeral announcement for George C. Morse.
September 6, 2006 - Added obituaries for Daniel B. Jenness and Daniel P. Doyle. Added an obituary and funeral announcement for Richard S. Milton.
August 8, 2006 - Added information about the graves of David J. Harmon and John C. Woodard.
July 26, 2006 - Added information about Hiram Z. and Joseph H. Miles being brothers.
July 25, 2006 - Corrected burial information for John H. Clark. John R. Clark, previously referenced on the page, is John H. Clark's uncle.
July 24, 2006 - Civil War Newspaper Clippings about the 1st Artillery Regiment (Light) Battery L.
July 23, 2006 - Added Order No. 30 issued by the 11th Mass. Battery.
July 6, 2006 - Added an account about Gettysburg from the 118th Pennslyvania Volunteers regimental history.
May 19, 2006 - Added Greenfield Middle School presentation article.
May 6, 2006 - Added information about John H. Manning.
April 17, 2006 - Added John V. Fitzgerald's G.A.R. information and application.
April 4, 2006 - Updated Harmon Meyer's grave information and added Horace A. Park's grave location. Park died on December 22, 1892.
March 29, 2006 - Added Frank U. Smith's G.A.R. information and application.
March 5, 2006 - Added a letter from Capt. Bigelow concerning Dr. Hammond.
March 2, 2006 - Added information about a possible 9th Battery Mass. Vols.' cannon at the Colorado state capitol.
February 10, 2006 - Added the MOLLUS applications for John Bigelow, Richard S. Milton, William Park Jr., and George Booth.
January 27, 2006 - Added an obituary for Enoch B. Lord.
January 3, 2006 - Added an obituary and funeral notice, from The Fitchburg Sentinal, for Patrick F. Doolan.
December 26, 2005 - Added Quincy A. Merritt's Personal War Sketch.
December 10, 2005 - Added birth and death information for Stephen N. Parker.
November 22, 2005 - Added the grave of William J. Hudson.
November 21, 2005 - Added grave and G.A.R. information for John U. Allen.
November 19, 2005 - Added the graves of Joseph Bailey Jr. and Shadrach B. Curtis. Added a death notice for James A. Bailey.
November 14, 2005 - Added the grave of John Munroe.
November 4, 2005 - Added the graves of Stilson H. Dow and Charles A. Tibbetts.
October 29, 2005 - Added the graves of John A. Folsom and Francis H. Mason.
October 20, 2005 - Added the graves of Eleazer Cole, Patrick Conlan, Bartlett C. Edson, Henry F. Nash, and Orin Reynolds. Updated grave information for David Brett.
October 18, 2005 - Added a passage from the 19th Mass. Inf. regimental about the sutler incident at Centreville, Va.
October 17, 2005 - Added the graves of John W. Chase, George H. Goliff, Orren C. Hussey, Richard S. Milton, Bernard E. Murray, William B. Pearce, and Alexander H. Whitaker.
October 15, 2005 - Added a photograph of an original forage cap.
October 12, 2005 - Added two articles about our Chicopee High School presentation.
October 4, 2005 - Added the grave of James S. Gordon and an article about Quincy Merritt's new grave stone.
September 4, 2005 - Added the grave of Robert S. Reed.
August 18, 2005 - Added GPS coordinates for Enoch B. Lord, George B. Morse, and Frederick S. Stratton.
August 18, 2005 - Added and updated 11 grave locations. These were provided by Dean Sargent - SUVCW, Dept. of Mass. Historian. Marked with [Sargent]. Updated grave location information for Shadrach B. Curtis.
August 11, 2005 - Added the graves of Nathan H. Brand and Charles A. Hall.
August 2, 2005 - Added Richard S. Milton's presentation sword and the Sturbridge Village event.
August 1, 2005 - Removed grave information for William H. Estabrook. The Estabrook in Wendell Cemetery, Holbrook, Mass. is not him.
July 31, 2005 - Added the grave of Edwin D. Eaton.
July 29, 2005 - Added the graves of James A. Bailey, John H. Burnham, Peter Fisher Sr., and Warren H. Trask.
July 17, 2005 - Added the grave of Albert E. Rice.
July 2, 2005 - Added Quincy A. Merritt's new grave stone. Added the graves of Richard Holland, John W. McDonald, George McFarland, Henry Packard, Francis M. Shaw, Michael Sheehan, Albert A. Spaulding, and Reuben Willis. Added a grave location map for William H. Nash and Sylvanus M. Nash. Removed Austin A. Packard's grave location.
July 1, 2005 - Added obituaries for William J. Doe.
June 25, 2005 - Added the graves of Joseph R. Brown, John W. Carroll, Stephen H. Goodwin, John K. Norwood, and George W. Stafford. Completed information about unphotographed grave sites (Soldiers S-Z) .
June 23, 2005 - Added information about unphotographed grave sites (Soldiers N-R) .
June 22, 2005 - Added information about unphotographed grave sites (Soldiers M) .
June 21, 2005 - Added information about unphotographed grave sites (Soldiers H-L) .
June 20, 2005 - Added the graves of David J. Harmon, John H. Murphy, and Sylvanus M. Nash.
June 19, 2005 - Added the grave of John W. Byrnes.
June 18, 2005 - Added the graves of Charles O. Huntington and Reuben P. Charters. Added Headstones of Union Civil War Veterans information for Michael McCarty. Added the grave location map for William Jenkins.
June 15, 2005 - Added information about unphotographed grave sites (Soldiers D-G) .
June 14, 2005 - Started posting information about unphotographed grave sites (Soldiers A-C) and removed Daniel Brown's grave information. The person listed was with Co. E, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery.
June 12, 2005 - Updated the events schedule.
June 11, 2005 - Added the grave site ceremony for Eber Hill by the Department of Massachusetts, SUVCW.
June 10, 2005 - Added obituaries for Thomas Tynan.
June 6, 2005 - Added the graves of Edward Y. Austin, Samuel W. Barnard, Charles A. Goldthwait, Charles A. Gwinn, William Kell, Michael McCarty, and Thomas Tynan.
May 28, 2005 - Added a CDV photograph of John H. Manning and his G.A.R. information.
May 10, 2005 - Added the grave locations for Orren C. Hussey and William W. Lincoln.
May 9, 2005 - Corrected information concerning John S. Richardson's burial and added grave locations for John H. Manning and Charles Schwamb.
May 5, 2005 - Added burial information and G.A.R. information for Jeremiah McDonald.
May 4, 2005 - Added the grave of Thomas Holahan.
May 3, 2005 - Added the obituaries for William H. Strong, Albert Taylor, and Henry J. Watkins.
May 2, 2005 - Added the obituaries for Levi W. Baker and Elbridge Wilkins, added the grave locations of Edwin D. Eaton, George H. Goliff, Richard S. Milton, Bernard E. Murray, William B. Pearce, Michael Sheehan, and Alexander Whitaker, and added G.A.R. Post information for Charles H. Hall.
April 23, 2005 - Added an obituary for Hiram W. Fay and added him to the G.A.R. listing.
April 22, 2005 - Added a letter from Captain Bigelow to Edwin Babson's mother.
April 21, 2005 - Added two obituaries for Patrick F. Doolan.
April 20, 2005 - Added the graves of Michael Harris and John McCarthy.
April 19, 2005 - Added the graves of Hiram W. Fay and William H. Nash.
April 18, 2005 - Added the graves of Reuben B. Rice, Zimri Whitney, and Elbridge Wilkins.
April 17, 2005 - Added a statue found in Marlborough, Mass.
April 16, 2005 - Added the graves of Obed H. Ellis, Joseph H. Miles, Quincy A. Merritt, David S. Murphy, and John H. Smith.
April 13, 2005 - Corrected the grave location for Charles A. Hall.
April 12, 2005 - Added two obituaries for John R. Clark.
April 10, 2005 - Added the grave of William H. Strong.
April 9, 2005 - Added the graves of James Pendergast and Jeremiah Toomey.
April 8, 2005 - Added the grave of John S. Richardson.
March 18, 2005 - Added the grave of Achille De Vecchi.
March 1, 2005 - Add the grave location for William Strong.
February 28, 2005 - Add the grave locations for Joseph C. Barnes, Thomas Holahan, John S. Richardson, Thomas Sprague, and John H. Sullivan.
February 6, 2005 - Added a "Losser's Barn" stereoview and updated the events page.
January 22, 2005 - Added the officers who joined MOLLUS.
January 4, 2005 - Added information from the Roll of Honor for John Crosson, Christopher Erickson, William Hunson, and Arthur Murphy, listed the soldiers who died while in service, and added the Roll of Honor to the bibliography.
January 2, 2005 - Added reports from Lieut. Col. William Moody, Col. David Nevin, Col. Thomas McCoy, Lieut. Robert James, Lieut. Edwin Dow, Capt. C. H. Whittelsey, Col. William Tilton, Lieut. Charles Anderson, special orders from Maj.-Gen. Warren, and a narrative from Lieut. William Lochren, 1st Minnesota Infantry.
January 1, 2005 - Added Francis Tucker's G.A.R. Post.
December 23, 2004 - Added the grave location of Zadiac D. Nichols.
December 21, 2004 - Added the grave location of Thomas Fisher, grave reference sources, and the 2005 cannon certification schedule.
December 20, 2004 - Added a listing of soldiers' relatives who joined the Sons of Veterans and the Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary and added William J. Doe to the G.A.R. listing.
December 15, 2004 - Added the grave location of Henry Noble and cemetery records for Frederick F. Huggins, Daniel B. Jenness, William Kelley, and Eugene Tufts.
December 11, 2004 - Added a Levi Mumper stereoview of the third position monument.
December 10, 2004 - Added the grave location of Joseph Hirst.
December 5, 2005 - Added the grave of Eber Hill.
November 27, 2004 - Added the graves of Joseph A. Chapin, Nahum A. Doe, Daniel P. Doyle, John T. Esler, James S. Holden, James M. Howland, Frederick F. Huggins, Daniel B. Jenness, William Kelley, Thomas Murphy, George H. Prescott, Horace Record, Frank B. Smith, Samuel S. Tobey, Eugene Tufts, Willam H. White, James Whitney, and Joseph Wilkinson Jr.
November 24, 2004 - Added the grave location of Nathan H. Brand.
November 23, 2004 - Added the grave of Christopher Erickson.
November 9, 2004 - Added Eliza Reynolds to the Pensioners' Roll of 1883.
November 7, 2004 - Added the grave of Joseph W. Dewhurst.
November 5, 2004 - Added James L. Clapp to the Pensioners' Roll of 1883.
October 31, 2004 - Added the location of 6 soldiers found in the Union Headstones records, added the grave of Charles C. Wheelock, updated burial information on Enoch B. Lord.
October 24, 2004 - Add the graves of George A. Brummett and Stephen N. Parker and added Mount Auburn Cemetery records for John Buckman, Charles Reed, James Reed, and John States.
October 22, 2004 - Added the location of 6 soldiers found in the Union Headstones records and added the reference to the bibliography.
October 20, 2004 - Added the graves of James Dalton, John Fenton, William Hunson, Richard Isaacs, Benjamin Marsh, and Henry Smitherman.
October 19, 2004 - Added the third set of 5 letters written by Augustus Hesse.
October 18, 2004 - Added a roster comparison - Sept 1862 to July 1863 (by David Wright).
October 17, 2004 - Updated William Park Jr.'s grave information and an Eric Campbell article added to the bibliography.
October 15, 2004 - Added a February 15, 1863 letter from William Park Jr., an undated photograph of Park, possible 1860s, and a H. Frank Beidel stereoview.
October 10, 2004 - Added the graves of Frederick Cummings and Charles Sawin, added Cummings' 2nd Mass. Inf. service and his entry on the 1883 Pensioners' Roll, and added the service records from other units to the soldiers' grave pages.
October 8, 2004 - Added the graves of John Ayers, John Buckman, Richard Kelley, James Reed, and John States.
October 6, 2004 - Added Levi Baker's grave.
October 5, 2004 - Added 19 burial locations and updated the G.A.R. information with Veterans' Graves Registration data.
October 4, 2004 - Added Peter Lemay's grave.
September 29, 2004 - Updated information about Byron Porter and John V. Huntress.
September 26, 2004 - Added photographs from theMillis reenactment.
September 24, 2004 - Added William J. Doe's grave, added 30 burial locations, and updated the G.A.R. information with Veterans' Graves Registration data.
September 20, 2004 - Added Charles A. Hall's grave.
September 19, 2004 - Added Patrick F. Doolan's grave and updated G.A.R. information with Veterans' Graves Registration data.
September 17, 2004 - Added 32 burial locations and updated William Jenkins' grave information.
September 15, 2004 - Added Daniel Benham's grave.
September 14, 2004 - Added John H. Clark's grave.
September 12, 2004 - Added Henry H. Burditt's grave and a transcription of the March 7, 1863 Roster.
September 11, 2004 - Added Willard Chaffin's grave and modified the Soldiers' Graves page.
September 9, 2004 - Added information on the John W. Chase book and his photograph.
September 8, 2004 - Added photographs from the Holden Days event.
September 6, 2004 - Updated Solomon F. Beales' G.A.R. information.
September 3, 2004 - Added a roster report from March 7, 1863.
September 2, 2004 - Added pages from History of the Ninth Massachusetts Battery, a William Park report, and updated the list of soldiers and soldiers with other regiments and batteries.
August 31, 2004 - Added pages from Records of Massachusetts Volunteers 1861-1865 and updated the list of soldiers and soldiers with other regiments and batteries.
August 30, 2004 - Added a list of soldiers compiled from four sources.
August 23, 2004 - 9th Battery Mass. Vols. soldiers with other regiments and batteries.
August 20, 2004 - Photograph of Captain Achille De Vecchi added.
August 19, 2004 - Added the grave of Charles W. Reed.
August 18, 2004 - Information from the 150th New York regimental (The Dutchess County Regiment) added.
August 14, 2004 - Photographs from Fort Taber added.
August 12, 2004 - Added GAR members William W. Lincoln, Albert E. Rice, and William Tucker. Reorganized the page.
August 11, 2004 - Added the graves of Enoch B. Lord, George B. Morse, and Frederick S. Stratton. These three are buried at Togus National Cemetery.
August 1, 2004 - Monuments page updated.
July 25, 2004 - Added the grave of William Park Jr. and Samuel Tobey and Lucinda A. Hunson to the Pensioners' Roll of 1883.
July 23, 2004 - Federal Pensioners' Roll of 1883 for Battery added.
July 22, 2004 - Corrected G.A.R. information concerning William H. Park Jr.
July 21, 2004 - Information from the 1st Mass. Battery regimental added.
July 18, 2004 - Updated the Order of Battle information concerning the number of guns in the battery.
July 15, 2004 - Battery reference from the Proceedings Mass. Dept. G.A.R. 1926 and G.A.R. member search from 1923.
July 14, 2004 - Events page updated.
July 4, 2004 - Grave of Henry J. Watkins added and "Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Veterans Department of Massachusetts 1866-1947" added to the Bibliography.
July 3, 2004 - Grave of Albert Taylor added.
July 2, 2004 - Added transferred 1st Mass. Battery members to the G.A.R. listing.
June 30, 2004 - Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) information added.
June 21, 2004 - Grave of William Jenkins added.
June 10, 2004 - Events page updated.
May 26, 2004 - Second guidon information and the Events page updated.
May 1, 2004 - The second set of 5 letters written by Augustus Hesse.
April 27, 2004 - The first 5 letters of 47 written by Augustus Hesse.
April 9, 2004 - Material requisitions from July and August 1862.
April 4, 2004 - "A Dairy of Battle" added to the Bibliography.
March 18, 2004 - Bigelow's burial location corrected.
March 14, 2004 - Photograph of John K. Norwood added.
March 2, 2004 - Civil War News found in today's headlines.
February 24, 2004 - Tipton photograph of the third position monument.
February 14, 2004 - Events page updated.
February 1, 2004 - Maps showing position at Gettysburg, Day 2
January 31, 2004 - Events page updated.
January 26, 2004 - Historical Souvenir of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, book reference.
January 15, 2004 - Dow's Report, Order of Battle for March 29, 1864, October 1, 1864 (Meade's Report), and June 1, 1865.
January 14, 2004 - Randolph's Report, Wainwright's Report, Meade's Special Orders No. 136, and Order of Battle for October 31, 1864 (Hunt's Report).
January 6, 2004 - Witness To Gettysburg, book reference.
January 5, 2004 - Applications for Cannon Fire & Student Presentations.
January 2, 2004 - Cannon and Mortar Certificate of Competency.
January 1, 2004 - Web site officially launches.