| Catalog date |
08/08/2005 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
Organizations & Clubs
Military
U.S. Army |
| Collection |
Bowd Osborne photos |
| Description |
A B&W photo of a reunion of the 10th Massachusetts Battery, with 15 men, 7 women and 1 boy in the photo. The people are standing and sitting next to a monument labelled Tenth Massachusetts Battery; none of the people are identified - location of the photo is Gettysburg, based on labels on the back of the photo. The Tenth Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery, was a Civil War era Army group that existed from 1862 to 1865. According to Harper's Weekly, July 9, 1864: "This battery was largely recruited from among the hardy seamen of Marblehead, Lynn, and other small ports of the State; and sailors are famous as artillerists." The Battery was commanded by Capt. J. Henry Sleeper, of Boston. A veterans group was formed in 1879. On the back of the photo is a stamped label from "W. H. Tipton's Battlefield Views, Artistic Portraits, Principal Gallery & Office, Chambersburg St. Gettysburg PA." A handwritten note on the back: "M. H. Graves, Marblehead, Mass. 10th Mass. Battery" |
| Home Location |
DQ Box 18X13 Alfa Shelf#3 |
| Object ID |
1961-002-03391 |
| Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
| People |
Graves, M. H. |
| Search Terms |
Tenth Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
Organizations
Military organizations
US Army |
| Title |
10th Mass. Battery Reunion |
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