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Fifty-ninth regiment Massachusetts Infantry.
Col. Jacob P. Gould.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
| Number on regimental rolls,— |
| Officers, | 11 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 56 |
| Enlisted men,1 | 7 | – | 87 | 96 | 101 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 95 | 91 | 78 | 98 | 1 | 906 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 962 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 9 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment. | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Totals, | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 13 |
| Actual total of members of regiment,— |
| Officers, | 11 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 56 |
| Enlisted men,3 | 6 | – | 86 | 96 | 99 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 93 | 88 | 77 | 98 | 1 | 893 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 949 |
The 59th Mass. Infantry (Fourth Veteran Regiment) was recruited and organized at Readville with the other veteran regiments in the winter of 1863-64, and, completing the organization of its ten companies, it left the
State April 26, two days in advance of the 68th Infantry.
Reaching
Washington, it moved through Bealton and Rappahannock stations to Germania Ford, and, assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, engaged in the
battle of the Wilderness ten days after leaving the
State.
Under command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Hodges (
Colonel Gould being in charge of the brigade), the regiment took part in the charge at Spotsylvania Court House May 12.
It shared in the action and loss of its division at the
North Anna River May 24, in the movement to Cold Harbor and in the assault of June 3.
At
Petersburg, June 17, it made a successful assault upon the enemy's works, though suffering loss.
Its brigade led the advance into the Crater July 30 and the regiment lost in the action its two highest officers, as
Colonel Gould in command of a brigade was wounded, from the effects of which he died August 22, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Hodges, in command of the regiment, was killed.
It was engaged in the movement against the Weldon Railroad in August and in the battle of Peebles' Farm, or Poplar Spring Church, September 30.
Taking part in the siege during the
autumn and
winter, the regiment, under command of
Major Gould, took active part at
Fort Stedman, March 25, and, passing through
Petersburg after the surrender, encamped in the vicinity for a few days and was stationed afterward on guard duty at the Southside Railroad.
It was ordered to
Washington in the latter part of April, and encamped at
Tenallytown during the remainder of its service.
On June 20 the regiment was consolidated with the 57th Mass. Infantry, to take effect from June 1, and was mustered out with that organization July 30, being discharged at Readville, Mass., Aug. 9, 1865.
