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Sixty-first regiment Massachusetts Infantry.
Col. Charles F. Walcott,
Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
| Number on regimental rolls,— |
| Officers, | 5 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 |
| Enlisted men,1 | 7 | – | 92 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 91 | 98 | 98 | 3 | 977 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,018 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment. | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Totals, | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| Actual total of members of regiment,— |
| Officers, | 5 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 |
| Enlisted men,3 | 6 | – | 92 | 93 | 98 | 95 | 99 | 96 | 97 | 91 | 98 | 98 | 3 | 966 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,007 |
The 61st Mass. Infantry, the last regiment to leave the
State, was recruited for one year's service at
Gallop's Island,
Boston harbor, during the
autumn and
winter of 1864-65. Five companies, forming a battalion under command of
Lieut.-Col. Charles F. Walcott, left the
State October 7 for
City Point, Va., and were assigned to the Engineer Brigade, under
General Benham.
The regiment was ordered to the front of
Petersburg for two days in December and for a week during the movement to
Hatcher's Run in February, 1865. Co. F.
joined the command before the close of the previous year; Co. G, Jan. 5, 1865; Co. H, February 15; and Cos. I and K, on March 15.
On March 17 the command was transferred to the Independent Brigade under
Col. E. H. T. Collis.
Acting in support of the 9th Corps in the attack at
Fort Sedgwick, April 2, the regiment charged and captured Fort Mahone and held it until the line of works was evacuated by the enemy.
Following in pursuit of the enemy until
Lee's surrender, it returned to
City Point in charge of several thousand prisoners, and, moving to
Burkesville, was assigned to the 5th Army Corps, returning to the vicinity of
Washington May 12.
On June 5 Cos. A, B, C, D and E left the regiment for
Massachusetts and were discharged at Readville June 17.
The remaining companies, as the 61st Battalion, Provisional Corps, occupied the defences of
Washington until their return to
Massachusetts, July 22, where they were mustered out of service Aug. 1, 1865.
