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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirty-first regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
e of the Western Bay State Regiment, was raised in the autumn and winter of 1861-62 by General Butler, was in camp at Pittsfield, Mass., and moved in February to Camp Chase, Lowell. It left the State February 21 to join the Department of the Gulf, under command of Col. Oliver P. Gooding, a graduate of West Point, and first lieutenant 10th U. S. Infantry. General Butler and his staff embarked at Fortress Monroe on the Mississippi, which carried the regiment to Ship Island, where they landed March 23, having been delayed by storms and accident on the passage. Soon after the arrival of the regiment its designation was changed to the 31st Mass. Infantry. Assigned to General Williams's Brigade, it took part in the operations against New Orleans, was the first regiment to enter the city after the surrender, and was stationed on provost and guard duty in the city and at the forts in the vicinity during the summer and autumn. On the organization of the 19th Army Corps, in January, 1863, se
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirty-sixth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
y. On September 2 it left camp for Washington, under command of Col. Henry Bowman, who had been made prisoner at Ball's Bluff while captain of the 15th Infantry, and after his release commissioned major of the 34th Mass. Infantry. It was assigned to General Burnside's command and joined the 9th Corps near Sharpsburg, Md., September 21, forming part of the 3d Brigade, 1st Division. It was present at the battle of Fredericksburg, and moving in February, 1863, to Newport News, it left there March 23 to join General Burnside in the department of the Ohio and was posted at Lexington, Ky., moving afterward to Nicholasville and Middleburg. It formed part of the forces sent to Vicksburg in June, where it took part in the siege and in the movement to Jackson, Miss. Returning to Kentucky, it moved to Knoxville, Tenn., in September, was active at Blue Springs October 10, was closely engaged at Campbell's Station November 16, and was on duty during the siege. It returned to Annapolis, Md., i