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a. It left the State Nov. 25, 1862, and arrived at Morehead City Nov. 30, and, on the same day, from thence by rail to Newbern. It was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, under command of Colonel T. G. Stevenson, Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, and went into camp on the Fair Grounds. On Dec. 4, Companies A and E were detached from the regiment for garrison duty at Roanoke Island, and remained absent till July 12, 1863, when they rejoined it at Maryland Heights. On Dec. 9, the regiment was detached from the Second Brigade, First Division, for garrison duty at Newbern. On Dec. 28, it was assigned to the brigade under command of Colonel T. J. C. Amory, Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers, and on the same day was transferred to the First Brigade, Second Division, under command of Brigadier-General Heckman, where it remained until Jan. 11, 1863, when, the brigade being ordered to the Department of the South, the regiment was transferred to the Second Brigade
Richard A. Peirce, of New Bedford, inspector-general, with the rank of brigadier-general. Charles C. Dunbar, of New Bedford, assistant quartermaster-general, with the rank of captain, Aug. 1. William F. Capelle, of Boston, master of ambulance, with the rank of captain, Nov. 2. Warren L. Brigham, of Westborough, assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of captain, Aug. 11. Robert R. Corson, of Philadelphia, assistant quartermaster-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 9. Charles L. Bulkley, of Boston, assistant engineer, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 12. Frank L. Pope, of Great Barrington, assistant engineer, with rank of major, Dec. 12. Colonel Bulkley and Major Pope were engineers engaged to lay a telegraph-wire to connect the States with the Russian dominions, and received their commissions from the Governor, as an honor due them for undertaking so great and valuable an enterprise. J. F. B. Marshall, of Weston, paymaster-general,