Battle Honors of the 6th Massachusetts Light Artillery GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS.DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, No.25. New Orleans February 19,1864. I. The following-named regiments and batteries of the Nineteenth Army Corps will immediately have inscribed upon their colors the names of the several actions set opposite their names, wherein they have borne a distinguished part, as follows: ..... 6th Massachusetts Battery, Baton Rouge, Georgia Landing, Cotton, Bisland, Port Hudson.... II. The following are the dates at which the above named actions took place: Baton Rouge, August 5,1862. Georgia Landing, October 27,1862. Cotton, January 14,1863. Bisland, April 12 and 13, 1863. Irish Bend, April 14, 1863. Plains Store, May 21, 1863. Clinton, June 3,1863. La Fourche, June 21, 1863. Port Hudson: Invested, May 24,1863; Assaulted, May 27 and June 14,1863; Surrendered, July 7, 1863. Cox's Plantation, July 13, 1863. By command of Major-General Banks: RICHARD B.IRWIN, Assistant Adjutant-General.