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Thirty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry.
Wells's Brigade —
Thoburn's Division--Eighth Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 2 | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 16 |
| Company | A | | 13 | 13 | | 11 | 11 | 121 |
| | B | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 18 | 18 | 125 |
| | C | | 8 | 8 | | 20 | 20 | 118 |
| | D | 1 | 22 | 23 | | 10 | 10 | 141 |
| | E | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 14 | 14 | 127 |
| | F | | 13 | 13 | | 12 | 12 | 142 |
| | G | | 10 | 10 | | 15 | 15 | 132 |
| | H | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 133 |
| | I | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 11 | 11 | 126 |
| | K | | 13 | 13 | | 10 | 10 | 128 |
| Totals | 7 | 128 | 135 | 2 | 132 | 134 | 1,309 |
135 killed == 10.3 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 645; died in Confederate prisons, 54.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Berryville, Va., Oct. 18, 1863 | 2 | Fisher's Hill, Va., Sept. 22, 1864 | 4 |
| New Market, Va., May 15, 1864 | 39 | Strasburg, Va., Oct. 13, 1864 | 15 |
| Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864 | 22 | Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864 | 5 |
| Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1864 | 6 | Hatcher's Run, Va., March 31, 1865 | 2 |
| Island Ford, Va., July 18, 1864 | 3 | Fort Gregg, Va., April 2, 1865 | 9 |
| Berryville, Va., Sept. 4, 1864 | 1 | High Bridge, Va., April 6, 1865 | 1 |
| Opequon, Va., Sept. 19, 1864 | 23 | Place Unknown | 3 |
Present, also, at
Martinsburg;
Halltown;
Petersburg;
Appomattox.
notes.--Recruited in the five Western counties of the
State.
Colonel Wells had already served with honorable distinction as
Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Massachusetts before he was transferred to the command of the Thirty-fourth.
The regiment left
Worcester, 1,015 strong, on August 15, 1862, and proceeded direct to
Virginia.
For several months it was stationed at
Fort Lyon, near
Alexandria, Va., and also did duty awhile in
Washington.
In July, 1863, it was ordered to
Harper's Ferry, and, thence, on various campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley.
It commenced the spring campaign of May, 1864, with 670 men present for duty, and took about 500 into the action at
New Market, May 15, 1864, its casualties amounting to 28 killed, 174 wounded, and 19 missing; total, 221.
At
Piedmont it lost 15 killed, and 95 wounded; at
Opequon, 6 killed and 96 wounded out of less than 300 engaged; at
Strasburg, 9 killed, 48 wounded, and 40 missing, out of 250 present in that fight.
In the latter action
Colonel Wells was killed and fell into the enemy's hands.
In December, 1864, the regiment was transferred to
Eastern Virginia, and assigned to
Turner's Division, Twenty-fourth Corps, Army of the James.
It participated in the desperate but victorious assault on the works at
Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and, taking part in the pursuit of
Lee's Army, was present at the final scenes at
Appomattox.
