Hi again, Just thought I'd mention a few web sites about this Regiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Heavy_Artillery http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmaarty.htm http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C03E7DF1F3AE533A25754C2A9629C94699ED7CF http://www.mycivilwar.com/regiments/usa-ma/ma_art_hy_reg_01.htm It is also mentioned in the Spanish-American War: http://www.spanamwar.com/1massHA.htm Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. My Joseph KIDDER, 1800's Maine, had the grandfather, Calvin KIDDER, b1765 NH, who went up to the Maine / New Brunswick border ~1784. Back in New Ipswich, NH, Calvin's older brother, Wilder KIDDER, became "a famous, and animated Fifer" in the Revolutionary War - fighting in many states. In my KIDDER line, that is the only mention of "music" among them. :o) (Their youngest brother, Joseph, Jr., fought in the Rev. War as a 14-yr-old. He is one of my brick-walls. He had a cousin with the same name and same age in the same town. And I can't find out which one of them married and lived in next town, Temple, NH, and had children, etc.) (Only one is mentioned in books.)