Bigelowís Battery: History of the 9th Massachusetts Battery by Levi W. Baker. 261 pp., hc, dj. Rep. of 1888 ed.

History of the Ninth Massachusetts Battery

by Levi W. Baker

The Ninth Massachusetts Battery, also known as Bigelowís Battery, earned a place in history on the afternoon of July 2, 1863, when it fought a delaying action against the Confederate infantry onslaught at the Peach Orchard and The Trostle Farmís barn. Read the history of this battery, as it fought with the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg and Petersburg.