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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., Twelfth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
55132161137128153142140154150141,497 Totals,––––––––––––––1,570 Recruiting for the 12th Mass. Infantry began April 22, 1861, through the efforts of Fletcher Webster of Marshfield, Mass., who afterward became its colonel, and through whom it gained the title of The Webster Regiment. May 1 the companies raised were stationed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, and on June 26, 1861, the greater part of the regiment was mustered into the United States' service, the organization being completed July 11; on July 23 it left the State and, assigned to Abercrombie's Brigade of General Banks' forces, went by the way of Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, and was engaged during the remainder of the year in guarding the upper Potomac; moving in the autumn to Hyattstown and Seneca Mills and making its winter quarters at Frederick, Md. In February, 1862, the regiment broke camp, and entering the Shenandoah Valley reconnoitered during the spring and early summer in the neighborhood of
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Sixteenth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Merriam. In December it went into winter quarters at Brandy Station, having taken part in the movements about the Rappahannock and at Mine Run. In the campaign of 1864 the regiment formed part of the 2d Corps, and was engaged at the Wilderness May 5 and again on May 6, taking part at Spotsylvania May 10 and in the battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 12, when Lieutenant-Colonel Merriam was killed. It engaged in the actions about North Anna and Cold Harbor, and, moving to Petersburg, it took active part in the assaults of June 16-18, and remained afterward engaged in the siege until the expiration of its term of service, July 11; withdrawing from the front, it reached Massachusetts July 22, and was mustered out of service July 27, 1864. Many members of the regiment had re-enlisted during the previous winter for an additional term, and these, with the recruits, were attached to the 11th Mass. Infantry, and remained in service until the close of the war.
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)
. ABCDEFGHIK Killed and died of wounds,— Officers,–5–––––––––––5 Enlisted men,––1178155911111311–101 Totals,–––––––––––––106 Missing,––––––––––1––1 Died by accident or disease,— Officers,–3–––––––––––3 Enlisted men,––81171319129161181115 Totals,–––––––––––––118 Died as prisoners,— Officers,–––––––––––––– Enlisted men,––2151416223–27 Total losses,— Officers,–8–––––––––––8 Enlisted men,––211920292822262927221244 Totals,–––––––––––––252 Casualties by Engagements. 1863. July 11, Jackson, Miss.,–––––––3–––––3 Nov. 16, Campbell's Station, Tenn.–11––1–––1–2–6 Nov. 29, Siege of Knoxville, Tenn.––––––––1––––1 1864. May 5-7, Wilderness, Va.,––122211347––23 May 8-18, Spotsylva
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirty-ninth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
the army to the Rappahannock, took part in the operations in the vicinity and in the Mine Run campaign. As part of the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 5th Corps, it was active at the Wilderness May 4-6 and shared in the movement to Spotsylvania, losing at Laurel Hill on May 8 and 10. It moved to Bethesda Church and Cold Harbor, and reaching Petersburg on the morning of June 17, took part in the siege, being assigned, June 24, to a position in the vicinity of Jerusalem Plank Road; while here (on July 11), Colonel Davis was mortally wounded. The regiment took part in the movement to the Weldon Railroad in August, and in the battle of the 19th and 20th Lieutenant-Colonel Peirson, in command, was severely wounded, his place being taken by Capt. F. R. Kinsley who was made prisoner the following day, leaving the regiment for several months under Captain Nelson. It engaged in the expedition to the Weldon Railroad in December, took part at Hatcher's Run in February, 1865, and suffered loss at G
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirty-ninth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
––––––––––––66 Missing,––132–1––311–12 Died by accident or disease,— Officers,–––––––––––––– Enlisted men,––4771463811149–83 Died as prisoners,— Officers,–––––––––––––– Enlisted men,––10111016156115711–102 Total losses,— Officers,23–––––––––––5 Enlisted men,––20262634281523282929–258 Totals,–––––––––––––263 Casualties by Engagements. 1863. Nov. 28, Mine Run, Va.,––––––––1––––1 1864. May 5, Wilderness, Va.,––1––––––2–––3 May 8-18, Spotsylvania (Laurel Hill), Va.–1–661333226–33 May 23, North Anna, Va,–––––––––1–––1 June 17-19, Petersburg, Va.,–––1121–––12–8 June 22-23, Before Petersburg, Va.,––1––––––1–––2 July 11, Before Petersburg, Va.,1––––––––––––1 July 16, By G
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fortieth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
rr Porter, appointed September 7, taking command at Washington on the 14th. The regiment remained on picket and guard duty in the vicinity of Washington during the autumn and winter of 1862-63; it moved to Suffolk April 15, 1863, and occupied the city during the siege, making a reconnoissance on April 24 and another on May 3. It took part in the operations in the vicinity after the raising of the siege, meeting the enemy at Baltimore Cross Roads July 2. The command returned to Washington July 11, and moving to Frederick, Md., joined the Army of the Potomac in the pursuit of Lee's Army into Virginia. It was ordered, August 6, to Folly Island, S. C., and served in the trenches at Fort Wagner until the evacuation by the Confederates. In November, Colonel Porter having resigned, Capt. Guy V. Henry, a graduate of West Point, was appointed colonel, and took command of the regiment November 10. Equipped as mounted infantry at Hilton Head in January, 1864, it moved, February 4, to Jacks