Captain John Bigelow

Carte de Visite (CDV) of Captain John Bigelow, signed on back. CDV by Whipple, 96 Washington St., Boston.

Enlisted as a private, April 24, 1861, in the 2nd Mass. Battery.

Elected Second Lieutenant, May 15, 1861. Served in Baltimore and Eastern Virginia in Autumn, 1861.

December 16, 1861 - Appointed Adjutant of the 1st Maryland Battalion.

Served in Peninsular Campaign; left arm shattered at Malvern Hill. Rejoined army in autumn; with Burnside at Fredricksburg. Contracted malaria and returned to Mass.

Appointed Captain of the 9th Mass. Light Battery by Mass. Governor Andrew and arrived at Camp Barry on February 28, 1863.

Wounded in the hand and side at the Trostle Farm Gettysburg, PA on July 2, 1863.

August 18, 1863 - returned to command at Mine Run.

January 23, 1864 - returns home on sick leave, not fully recovered from Gettysburg wounds.

February 12, 1864, returns to command at Brandy Station.

July 13, 1864, near Petersburg, goes to rear on sick leave.

August 11, 1864, returns to Mass. on sick leave.

December 6-12,1864, returns to command during this period while 4 detachments are out tearing up railroad tracks along the Nottoway River.

Discharged on December 16, 1864, Special Order #450 by the War Dept.

Major by brevet for gallant services during the operations before Petersburg VA to date from August 1, 1864. G.O. 15, February 6, 1865.

Major John Bigelow's Obituary as it appeared in the Chicago Journal.

It is fairly common for Bigelow is receive credit for writing the book "The Campaign of Chancellorsville: A Strategic and Tactical Study". It was written by John Bigelow, Jr. (1854-1936).

Rectangular silver plate, at top of page, with period engraved inscription reading, "Presented by the men of the 9th Battery/Mass. Light Artillery/To Capt. John Bigelow/For heroism July 2, 1863." Size - 1" x 3.65" with canted corners. What this plate was attached to is unknown.