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History of the Second Massachusetts Battery (Nims' Battery) of Light Artillery
Capt. Ormand F. Nims in War Time.
HISTORY OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY
(NIMS' BATTERY)
OF LIGHT ARTILLERY
1861-1865
COMPILED FROM RECORDS OF THE REBELLION,
OFFICIAL REPORTS, DIARIES AND ROSTERS
By
CAROLINE E. WHITCOMB
THE RUMFORD PRESS
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
1912
CONTENTS
| NIMS' SECOND MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY | 7 |
| NIMS' BATTERY ASSOCIATION | 73 |
| LIFE OF COL. ORMAND F. NIMS | 79 |
| ROSTER OF SECOND MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY | 85 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Capt. Ormand F. Nims in War time | Frontispiece |
| Battery Encampment at Stewart's Place, Baltimore, 1861 | 12 |
| Landing of Federal Troops from Transport, Laurel Hill | 38 |
| Second, Fourth, and Sixth Massachusetts Batteries at Baton Rouge | 47 |
| Col. Ormand F. Nims | 73 |
| Old Nims Homestead at Deerfield, Mass. | 79 |
PREFACE
During the years which have followed the close ofthe Civil War, there have appeared many historiesof various companies, regiments and differentdivisions of the volunteer troops, all of value both to thehistorian and to the participants in the great struggle. Sofar as can be learned, a
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