This battery had its origin in the First Battery of the Massachusetts Militia. when this battery returned from its three month duty it started to transform itself into a three year regiment. (1) The battery was under the command of Captain Josiah Porter. His father owned Porter's Hotel in what is now Porter Sq. in Cambridge. Porter's was a well known hotel at the time and due to its proximity to a slaughter house added it's name to the house special, The Porter House Steak. (2) The First Light reported to Camp Cameron on August 27, 1861.(3) The physical description of the camp given in my second post (May 30, 2011) came from " The Story of the First Massachusetts Light Battery" written by A. J. Bennett of Somerville MA. Bennett served in the Third Section-Centre, Fifth Detachment, as a private (4)
(1) Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865, Bowen, James L., Clark W. Bryan & Co., Springfield Ma. 1889, pg. 786
(2) Letters From Two Brothers Serving in Ther War for the Union, Cambridge, 1871, pg. 23
(3) Massachusetts Annual report, 1862, Schouler, William, pg. 390
(4) The Story of the First Massachusetts Light Battery, Bennett, A. J., Press of Deland and Barta, 1886, Boston, pg. 14
DAN SULLIVAN
(1) Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865, Bowen, James L., Clark W. Bryan & Co., Springfield Ma. 1889, pg. 786
(2) Letters From Two Brothers Serving in Ther War for the Union, Cambridge, 1871, pg. 23
(3) Massachusetts Annual report, 1862, Schouler, William, pg. 390
(4) The Story of the First Massachusetts Light Battery, Bennett, A. J., Press of Deland and Barta, 1886, Boston, pg. 14
DAN SULLIVAN
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