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JOHN K. BUCKLYN. Providence. Quartermaster sergeant, Sept. 30. 1861 ; Second lieutenant, March I, 1862; first lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1862; commanded Battery E from May 15, 1863, to April 26, 1864; wounded severely at battle of Gettysburg, Pa, July 2, 1863; on detached service sixth corps artillery brigade as A: D. c., and A. A. A. General on Colonel Tompkins's staff May 4. 1864; brevet captain, Oct. 19, 1864; captain in FIrst Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, Jan. II, 1865; resigned Feb. 5, 1865.

Bucklyn is mentioned in the following pages of the official history of Battery E of the First Regiment of Rhode Island Light Artillery. We have that history book available for you to see here. View pages 4 12, 30, 38, 43, 44, 47. 51, 66, 103, 108, 124. 134, 135, 147, 156, 162. 163, 169, 170, 171• 175, 177, 178, 180, 181, 194, 200, 205, 206, 208, 209, 212, 214, 215, 223, 229. 232, 233, 237, 241, 242, 246, 249, 25 1, 252, 254 257, 258, 261, 262, 272. 274. 276, 217,278, 279, 280, ;281, 369. 381 , 384. 392; 401, 437,471, 472,473,474.